Ideology and Discourse (POEC615) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Ideology and Discourse POEC615 General Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Ph.D.
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Dr. Dersin Öğretim Üyesi
Course Assistants
Course Objectives This study focuses on different ideology and discourse conceptualizations.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • To understand how the concept of ideology was changed over time
  • To understand social and political role of ideology and its relation with power
  • To understand why the concept of discourse replaced the concept of ideology
Course Content Marxist, structuralist, post-analitic and psychoanalitic ideology and discourse theories, political discourse theory.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1
2 Karl Marx and Ideology Marx, K ve F. Engels. 1992. Alman İdeolojisi. Ankara: Sol Yayınları. Marx, K. 1993. Ekonomi Politiğin Eleştirisine Katkı. Ankara: Sol Yayınları. s. 21- 26. Barrett, M. 2004. Marx’tan Foucault’ya İdeoloji. İstanbul: Doruk Yayıncılık. s. 11- 34. Eagleton, T. 1996. İdeoloji. İstanbul: Ayrıntı. s. 108- 136. McLellan, D. 1999. İdeoloji. Ankara: Doruk.s. 22- 35.
3 Gramsci and Hegemony Althusser, L. 2003. İdeoloji ve Devletin İdeolojik Aygıtları.İstanbul:İthaki. Üşür, S. S. 1997. ‘Louis Althusser: İdeolojinin Yapısal Çözümlenmesi ve Öznelerin Temsiline Dayalı Bir Sistem Olarak İdeoloji’ İdeolojinin Serüveni. S. S. Üşür. Ankara: İmge. s. 41- 50. Barrett, M. 2004. Marx’tan Foucault’ya İdeoloji. İstanbul: Doruk Yayıncılık. s. 55- 71. Larrain,J. 1979. ‘Ideology and Science’, The Concept of Ideology, Hutchinson 172- 211.
4 Althusser and Ideology Althusser, L. 2003. İdeoloji ve Devletin İdeolojik Aygıtları.İstanbul:İthaki. Üşür, S. S. 1997. ‘Louis Althusser: İdeolojinin Yapısal Çözümlenmesi ve Öznelerin Temsiline Dayalı Bir Sistem Olarak İdeoloji’ İdeolojinin Serüveni. S. S. Üşür. Ankara: İmge. s. 41- 50. Barrett, M. 2004. Marx’tan Foucault’ya İdeoloji. İstanbul: Doruk Yayıncılık. s. 55- 71. Larrain,J. 1979. ‘Ideology and Science’, The Concept of Ideology, Hutchinson 172- 211.
5 Pecheux, Ideology and Discourse Pecheux, M. 1982. Language Semantics and Ideology. London: MacMillan Pres, 1- 60; 97- 128. Pecheux, M. 1995. ‘The Mechanisms of Ideological (Mis)recognition’ içinde S. Zizek (der). Mapping Ideology. S. 141- 145. Macdonell, D. 1986. Theories of Discourse: An Introduction, Oxford: Basil Blackwell. 206- 217.
6 Saussure, Structuralism, Symbolic Systems Saussure, F. De. 1998. Genel Dilbilim Dersleri. İstanbul: Multilingual. s. 108- 152. Üşür, S. S. 1997. ‘Toplumsal Pratik Olarak Dil ve Yapısal Dilbilimin Kuramsal Mirası’ İdeolojinin Serüveni. S. S. Üşür. Ankara: İmge. s. 73- 87. Larrain, J. 1986. ‘Ideology and Structural Analysis’. The Concept of Ideology, s. 130- 171.
7 Michel Foucault: Archaeology of Knowledge oucault,M. 1999. Bilginin Arkeolojisi. İstanbul: Birey Yayıncılık. s. 33- 102.
8 Michel Foucault: Archaeology of Knowledge Foucault, M. 2000. ‘Hakikat ve İktidar’. M. Foucault. Entelektüelin Siyasi İşlevi. İstanbul: Ayrıntı. s.59-85. Foucault, M. 2001. ‘Söylemin Düzeni’. M. Foucault. Ders Özetleri. İstanbul: YKY. Larrain, J. 1995. ‘Foucault ve İdeoloji’. İdeoloji ve Kültürel Kimlik. İstanbul: Sarmal Yayınevi. s. 129- 136.
9 Michel Foucault: Geneaology Foucault, M. 2000. Büyük Kapatılma. M. Foucault. İstanbul: Ayrıntı. Foucault, M. 2004. ‘Nietzsche, Soybilim, Tarih’. Felsefe Sahnesi. M. Foucault. İstanbul: Ayrıntı. s. 230- 253.
10 Jacques Derrida: Structures and Deconstruction Derrida, Jacques .1978. Writing and Difference. Trans. by Alan Bass. London: Routledge& Kegan Paul. Derrida, Jacques. 1987. Positions. Trans. by Alan Bass. London: The Athlone Press. Staten, Henry. 1984. Wittgenstein and Derrida. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press. Critchley, Simon, and Timothy Mooney. 1994. “Deconstruction and Derrida,” in Richard Kearney, ed., Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy. Routledge History of Philosophy Vol VIII. London: Routledge.
11 Jacques Lacan: Subject Lacan, Jacques (1994). “The Mirror-phase as Formative of the Function of the I,” in Slavoj Zizek, ed., Mapping Ideology. London: Verso. Dor, Jöel (1997). Introduction to the Reading of Lacan : The Unconscious Structured like a Language. Judith F. Gurewich, and Susan Fairfield, eds., Northvale, N.J. : J. Aronson. Tura, S. M. 2005. Freud’dan Lacan’a Psikanaliz. İstanbul: Kanat.
12 Slavoj Zizek: A Lacanian perspective Zizek, S. 2002. İdeolojinin Yüce Nesnesi. İstanbul:Metis. Kay, Sarah. 2006. Žižek: Eleştirel bir Giriş. İstanbul: Encore (11-31; 73-105; 179- 216). Hanlon, Christopher "Psychoanalysis and the Post-Political: An Interview with Slavoj Žižek." New Literary History 32 (Winter, 2001).
13 Ernesto Laclau andChantal Mouffe: Political Discourse Theory Laclau, Ernesto, and Chantal Mouffe. 2008. Hegemonya ve Sosyalist Strateji: Radikal Demokratik Bir Politikaya Doğru. İstanbul:İletişim.
14 Ernesto laclau and Chantal Mouffe: Hegemony Ernesto laclau ve Chantal Mouffe: Hegemonya Laclau, Ernesto, and Chantal Mouffe. 2008. Hegemonya ve Sosyalist Strateji: Radikal Demokratik Bir Politikaya Doğru. İstanbul:İletişim.
15 Laclau and Political Discourse Theory Laclau, Ernesto (1990). New Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time. London: Verso. Laclau, Ernesto, ed. (1994). The Making of Political Identities. London: Verso. Laclau, Ernesto (1996a). Emancipation(s). London: Verso. Laclau, Ernesto (1996b). “The Death and Resurrection of the Theory of Ideology,” Journal of Political Ideologies1(3): 201-220. Laclau, Ernesto, (2006). “Ideology and post-Marxism,” Journal of Political Ideologies 11(2): 103-114.
16 Laclau and Populism Laclau, Ernesto, (2005). On Populist Reason. London: Verso.

Sources

Course Book 1. Marx, K ve F. Engels. 1992. Alman İdeolojisi. Ankara: Sol Yayınları.
2. Marx, K. 1993. Ekonomi Politiğin Eleştirisine Katkı. Ankara: Sol Yayınları.
3. Barrett, M. 2004. Marx’tan Foucault’ya İdeoloji. İstanbul: Doruk Yayıncılık
4. Eagleton, T. 1996. İdeoloji. İstanbul:

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 10
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation 2 30
Project 1 30
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 30
Toplam 5 100
Percentage of Semester Work 70
Percentage of Final Work 30
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 To compare main theories and/or approaches in political economy and make a critical evaluation of each X
2 To compare main macroeconomic theories and/or approaches and make a critical evaluation of each X
3 To use complementary approaches from other relevant disciplines (e.g. political science, sociology) in order to solve problems requiring scientific expertise X
4 To develop the skills for establishing a micro-macro link in human and social sciences X
5 To analyze the main economic indicators and comment on them X
6 To acquire theoretical knowledge through literature survey and derive empirically testable hypothesis X
7 To be able to develop new approaches/theories for complex problems in political economy X
8 To apply critical thinking, statistical/econometric tools or other relevant quantitative and qualitative tools to new areas/problems X
9 To make a research design and carry it out within predetermined time frames X
10 To formulate and present policy recommendations based on academic research X
11 To continue learning and undertake advanced research independently X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 4 64
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 2 2
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 3 3
Total Workload 117