Academic Catalog

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?