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In this course it will focus on examining the major approaches in contemporary social and critical theory. It covers approaches such as semiology, psychoanalysis, deconstruction, feminist theory as well as postcolonial theory, and theorists such as Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Some more theorists theory will also be covered such as Jacques Derrida, Luce Irigaray, Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan, Gayatri Spivak and Edward Said.
Assessment
This course does not involve any written exams. Students need to answer 5 assignment questions to complete the course, the answers will be in the form of written work in pdf or word. Students can write the answers in their own time. Each answer needs to be 200 words (1 Page). Once the answers are submitted, the tutor will check and assess the work.
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Course Credit: Middle East Technical University
Course Curriculum
| Module: 01 | |||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – Introduction – Lecture 1 | 00:43:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – Introduction – Lecture 2 | 00:53:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Althusser: Marxism is not a Historicism – Lecture 1 | 00:46:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Althusser: Marxism is not a Historicism – Lecture 2 | 00:49:00 | ||
| Module: 02 | |||
| Contemporary Sociology – Deleuze and Guattari – Lecture 1 | 00:39:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Deleuze and Guattari – Lecture 2 | 00:48:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Derrida – Lecture 1 | 00:49:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Derrida – Lecture 2 | 00:39:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Derrida – Lecture 3 | 00:42:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Derrida – Lecture 4 | 01:00:00 | ||
| Module: 03 | |||
| Contemporary Sociology – Foucault and Genealogy – Lecture 1 | 00:37:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Foucault and Genealogy – Lecture 2 | 00:42:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Foucault and History of Sexuality – Lecture 1 | 00:41:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Foucault and History of Sexuality – Lecture 2 | 00:47:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Foucault and History of Sexuality – Lecture 3 | 00:41:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Foucault and History of Sexuality – Lecture 4 | 00:47:00 | ||
| Module: 04 | |||
| Contemporary Sociology – Heidegger: From Phenomenology to Ontology – Lecture 1 | 00:42:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Heidegger: From Phenomenology to Ontology – Lecture 2 | 00:41:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Heidegger: From Phenomenology to Ontology – Lecture 3 | 00:35:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Heidegger: From Phenomenology to Ontology – Lecture 4 | 01:12:00 | ||
| Module: 05 | |||
| Contemporary Sociology – Lacan and Post-Structuralism – Lecture 1 | 00:42:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Lacan and Post-Structuralism – Lecture 2 | 00:43:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Lacan and Psychoanalysis – Lecture 1 | 00:48:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Lacan and Psychoanalysis – Lecture 2 | 00:47:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Lyotard: The Postmodern Condition – Lecture 1 | 00:43:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Lyotard: The Postmodern Condition – Lecture 2 | 00:50:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Structuralism in Social Sciences: Levi-Strauss and Roland Barthes | 01:07:00 | ||
| Module: 06 | |||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – Freud – Lecture 1 | 00:43:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – Freud – Lecture 2 | 00:57:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – General Review – Lecture 1 | 00:47:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – General Review – Lecture 2 | 00:30:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – Husserl and Phenomenology – Lecture 1 | 01:12:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – Husserl and Phenomenology – Lecture 2 | 00:22:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – Husserl and Phenomenology – Lecture 3 | 00:56:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – Husserl and Phenomenology – Lecture 4 | 00:23:00 | ||
| Module: 07 | |||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – Kant (continued …) – Lecture 1 | 00:58:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – Kant (continued …) – Lecture | 00:34:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – Nietzsche – Lecture 1 | 00:40:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – Nietzsche – Lecture 2 | 00:49:00 | ||
| Module: 08 | |||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – The Hegelian Turn – Lecture 1 | 00:45:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – The Hegelian Turn – Lecture 2 | 00:46:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – The Hegelian Turn – Lecture 3 | 00:44:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – The Hegelian Turn – Lecture 4 | 00:49:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Emmanuel Levinas – Lecture 1 | 00:48:00 | ||
| Module: 09 | |||
| Contemporary Sociology – Emmanuel Levinas – Lecture 2 | 00:40:00 | ||
| 00:00 | |||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – The Roots: Descartes and Kant – Lecture 2 | 00:31:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – The Structuralist Turn – Lecture 1 | 00:55:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology Theory – The Structuralist Turn – Lecture 2 | 00:34:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Jean Baudrillard – Lecture 1 | 00:31:00 | ||
| Contemporary Sociology – Jean Baudrillard – Lecture 2 | 00:41:00 | ||
| Assessment | |||
| Submit Your Assignment | 00:00:00 | ||
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