KAY718 - EUROPEAN STUDIES IN CONTINENTAL POLITICAL THEORY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUROPEAN STUDIES IN CONTINENTAL POLITICAL THEORY | KAY718 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Academic Staff | |||||
| Course objective | Focusing on Continental Political Theory, this module aims to deal with Europe's historical, spatial, eidetic, subjective, and institutional context. From positioning "Europe" as a memory, a spatial form, a figure, a concept, or an idea in the history of political thought to European institutions and the current crisis of European integration, this course enables participants to grasp the critical and normative approaches in European studies. By addressing the particular/universal horizons and boundaries of Europe, this course will provide participants with a critical and interpretative perspective on discussions of identity, difference, alterity, subjectivity, the state, sovereignty, citizenship, democracy, nation-state, bio-power and governmentality, political economy, supranationalism, trans-cosmopolitanism, modernity, and crisis. | |||||
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| Course Content | Drawing upon the History of Political Thought and Continental Political Theory and considering the connection between European eidos (idea/form) and memory, time, and space, this course first focuses on the epistemological and theoretical framework of the definition of "Europe" as a figure, a concept, and an idea. Secondly, this module examines the connection between European subjectivity and European political space in the context of particularity and universality. This course finally covers the normative and critical framework of the European eidos by assessing the debates on political economy, nation-state, sovereignty, citizenship, democracy, European integration, European institutions, supranationalism, cosmopolitanism, and crisis. | |||||
| References | Agamben, G. (2013) "The Endless Crisis as an Instrument of Power: In Conversation with Giorgio Agamben." Verso Blog (04 June 2013); translated from the German interview published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (24 May 2013): http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/1318-the-endless-crisis-as-an-instrument-of-power-in-conversation-with-giorgio-agamben. Balibar, E. (1998). "The Borders of Europe". P. Cheah & B. Robbins (Eds.). Cosmopolitics: Thinking and Feeling Beyond the Nation. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 216-232. Balibar, E. (2004). We, the People of Europe? Reflections on Transnational Citizenship. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Brague, R. (1995). Avrupa: Roma Yolu. İstanbul: Kabalcı. Delanty, G. (1995). Inventing Europe: Idea, Identity, Reality. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Delanty, G. (2013). Formations of European Modernity: A Historical and Political Sociology of Europe. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Delanty, G. (2018). The European Heritage: A Critical Re-Interpretation. New York & London: Routledge. Derrida, J. (1992). The Other Heading: Reflections on Today's Europe. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Esposito, R. (2018). A Philosophy for Europe: From the Outside. Cambridge: Polity. Foucault, M. (1984). "What is Enlightenment?" P. Rabinow (Ed.). The Foucault Reader. New York: Pantheon Books. 32-50. Gasché, R. (2009). Europe, or the Infinite Task: A Study for a Philosophical Concept. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Gasché, R. (2021). Locating Europe: A Figure, A Concept, An Idea? Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Guénoun, D. (2013). About Europe: Philosophical Hypotheses. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Habermas, J & J. Derrida (2003). "February 15, or What Binds Europeans Together: A Plea for a Common Foreign Policy, Beginning in the Core of Europe". Constellations, 10(3), 291-297. Habermas, J. (2009). Europe: The Faltering Project. Malden: Polity. Husserl, E. (1970). The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology. Evanston: Northwestern University Press. Kristeva, J. (2000): "Europe Divided: Politics, Ethics, Religion," Crisis of the European Subject (New York: Other Press), 111-162. Musil, R. (1990): "Helpless Europe: A Digressive Journey," B. Pike & D. S. Luft (Eds.), Robert Musil - Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 116-133. N. de Warren, D. Meacham (Eds.) (2021). Routledge Handbook of Europe and Philosophy. London and NewYork: Routledge. Pagden, A. (Ed.) (2002). The Idea of Europe: From Antiquity to the European Union. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Patocka, J. (2002). Plato and Europe. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Schürmann, R. (2003): Broken Hegemonies. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Valery, P. (1962): "The Idea of Europe," J. Matthews (Ed.), History and Politics, The Collected Works of Paul Valery, Vol. 10 (New York: Pantheon Books), 307-341. Weber, S. (2008). "Europe and Its Others: Some Preliminary Reflections on the Relation of Reflexivity and Violence in Rodolphe Gasché's Europe, or the Infinite Task". CR: The New Centennial Review. 8(3), 71-83. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Horizons of Europe: Eidos, Memory and Time |
| Week 2 | Europe as a Spatial Form |
| Week 3 | Europe as Figure |
| Week 4 | Europe as a Concept |
| Week 5 | The Idea of Europe |
| Week 6 | Borders of Europe |
| Week 7 | Universality, Subjectivity, and Modernity |
| Week 8 | Midterm Exam |
| Week 9 | Particularity, Care, and Responsibility |
| Week 10 | Europe, Capital and Political Economy |
| Week 11 | Europe and the Nation-State |
| Week 12 | Citizenship and Democracy |
| Week 13 | European Integration and its Beyond |
| Week 14 | Europe and the Crisis |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 10 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 20 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 17 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 13 | 6 | 78 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 3 | 30 | 90 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 33 | 129 | 300 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. To acquire advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of specialization. To understand the interactions with other disciplines and analyze social structure and dynamics. | X | ||||
| 2. To develop skills for planning and conducting research, and analyzing/evaluating data in the field of specialization. To find solutions to the problems faced during the research process. To be innovative with original thinking in the field of specialization. | X | ||||
| 3. To contribute to related literature by conducting a research independently or as a member of a research team. | X | ||||
| 4. To follow the recent developments and scholarship in the field of specialization. To have the awareness about lifelong learning and questioning. To develop new ways of thinking and new methods. | X | ||||
| 5. To communicate effectively in oral and written base. Masters a foreign language and effectively uses information technologies. To contribute to related literature by producing articles and books and making presentations in national and international platforms. | X | ||||
| 6. To feel social responsibility. To have a capacity and awareness to contribute to the society. | X | ||||
| 7. To appreciate social, cultural, scientific, and ethical values while conducting studies in the field of specialization. To contribute to the solution of problems faced in this process in the national and international levels. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest