Ä°LT723 - SOCIOLOGY of EMOTIONS

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)
Application
(hours/week)
Credit ECTS
SOCIOLOGY of EMOTIONS Ä°LT723 2nd Semester 3 0 3 10
Prequisites
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
 
Instructor (s)Faculty Members 
Course objectiveThe aim of this course is to provide knowledge about the theory and research of sociology of emotions. 
Learning outcomes
  1. At the end of this course the students will be able to; -explain how the emotions can be handled in social theory
  2. -classify the research in this field
  3. -frame problematics in the sociology of emotions.
Course ContentIn the course, the emotions in social theory and research will be examined. 
ReferencesAçıkel F. (1996) ?Kutsal Mazlumluğun Psikopatolojisi?, Toplum ve Bilim 70.
Ahmed S. (2004) The Cultural Politics of Emotion. Londra: Routledge.
Barbalet J. (2002) Emotions and Sociology. Oxford: Blackwell
Berlant L. (2008) The Female Complaint: The Unfinished Business of Sentimentality in American Culture. Duke University Press.
Bora A. (2011) ?İşsizin Duygu Dünyası?, Boşuna mı Okuduk: Türkiye?de Beyaz Yakalı İşsizliği içinde T.Bora vd. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları
Hochschild A.R. (2003) The Managed Heart/Commercialization of Human Feeling (Anniversary 20th ed.) Los Angeles: University of California Press.
Illouz E. (2011) Soğuk Yakınlıklar. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları.
Massumi B. (2010) ?The Future Birth of the Affective Fact: The Political Ontology of Threat?, The Affect Theory Reader içinde (der) M. Gregg, G. Seigworth.London: Duke University Press.
Nussbaum M. (2006) Hiding from Humanity: Disgust, Shame and the Law. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Introduction
Week 2Emotions before the modern thought
Week 3Emotions in modern thought
Week 4?Emotional turn?: Theory
Week 5?Emotional turn?: From different fields
Week 6Emotions in cultural studies
Week 7Emotional capital
Week 8Economy politics of emotion
Week 9Politics of emotion
Week 10Emotion and affect
Week 11Fear and anxiety
Week 12Resentment
Week 13Anomy: From Durkheim to today
Week 14Overview
Week 15Preparation for Final Exam
Week 16Final Exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance1410
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments00
Presentation130
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms00
Final exam160
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes040
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes060
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)325160
Presentation / Seminar Preparation11818
Project000
Homework assignment000
Midterms (Study duration)000
Final Exam (Study duration) 18080
Total Workload48106300

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Commands knowledge about current and advanced approaches and concepts in communication sciences and has the ability to apply them in a research.  X  
2. Understands the interaction between communication sciences and other humanities fields, follows and evaluates debates.    X
3. Contributes to scientific studies by carrying out original studies, programs or projects independently.   X 
4. Converts the new knowledge produced by conducting original studies or bringing new interpretations to existing studies into national and international publications.    X
5. Develops new ideas, models and methods related to the field, supports the decision-making processes of people and organizations related to the studies on the solution of problems in the field.   X 
6. Recognizes national and international knowledge sources in the field and explains them to the people under his/her responsibility through theoretical and applied studies.    X
7. Uses computer software, information and communication technologies required by the field at an advanced level.    X
8. Creates projects and takes part in national and international projects.    X
9. Analyzes and evaluates new and complex ideas and discussions created by the interaction of the field with other disciplines.   X 
10. Conducts leadership in environments that require solving original and interdisciplinary problems related to the field.  X  

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest