SOC524 CULTURES OF MODERNITY
| Course Code: |
2320524 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Sociology |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. HASAN ÜNAL NALBANTOÐLU |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
The origins of modernity. Kantian and Hegelian visions of Enlightenment. Tradition and modernity; the aftermath of the Structuralist debates; different theoretical approaches to the constitution of modern ´subjectivity´. Post-modern politics and the question of democracy. The Enlightenment Project: incomplete or aborted?
