SOC497 THE SECULARIZATION DEBATE:COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES AND CASE STUDIES
Course Code: |
2320497 |
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
ECTS Credit: |
6.0 |
Department: |
Sociology |
Language of Instruction: |
English |
Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. AYÞEGÜL AYDINGÜN |
Offered Semester: |
Fall Semesters. |
Course Content
This course aims to acquaint students with the secularization debate. Enlightenment, secularizing effect of modernity, classical theories of secularization and recent approaches, different dimensions of secularization and Western secularisms will be critically analyzed. The development of secularism in different Western countries will be studied with a comparative perspective.