Hafta 114–20 Eyl
Derse giriş: temporality'nin tarihselliği
Week 1., Introduction to the course, Brief introduction to (for those who did not take the Amer 115 course) and recapitulation of (for those who did take the course) the historicity of temporality. Required reading: none for the first week
temporalityhistoricityAmer 115
Hafta 221–27 Eyl
Moderniteye geçiş ve ilerleme anlatıları
PART 1: HISTORICAL CONSIDERATIONS: THE TRANSITION TO MODERNITY Week 2., The Opening of the Future: Narratives of Progress, Development, Individualism, and Unfettered Markets., From Local Self-Sufficiency to Increased Interdependence, The Centralisation of Power and the Monopolisation of Violence (Norbert Elias) Required reading: Heilbroner, Robert. The Worldly Philosophers. N.Y: Simon and Schuster, 1967 (pp 9-37) 1ST STUDENT PRESENTATION: The historicity of temporality (recommended for students who took the 115 course of last semester)
Norbert EliasHeilbroner, The Worldly Philosophersindividualismcentralisation of power
Hafta 328 Eyl – 4 Eki
Ekonomik devrimin doğuşu ve görünmez el
Week 3. The Advent of the Economic Revolution Required reading: Heilbroner, Robert. The Worldly Philosophers. NY:Simon and Schuster, 1967 (pp. 38-67) 2ND STUDENT PRESENTATION: How does the “invisible hand of the market” work, according to Adam Smith?
Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophersinvisible handAdam Smith
Hafta 45–11 Eki
Gelecek yönelimi ve burjuvazi
Week 4. Future Orientation and the Bourgeoisie Required reading: Weber, Max. Selected passages from The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Leccardi, Carmen. "Facing uncertainty: Temporality and Biographies in the New Century." Young: Nordic Journal of Youth Research 13.2 (2005): 123-146. 3RD STUDENT PRESENTATION: What is the specificity of capitalism? 4TH STUDENT PRESENTATION: How does precariousness affect one’s sense of time?
Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of CapitalismCarmen Leccarditemporalityprecariousness
Hafta 512–18 Eki
Kapitalizmin meşrulaştırılması: Social Darwinism
Week 5. Legitimizing Capitalism: Social Darwinism Required reading: Williams, Raymond. “Social Darwinism”, in Problems in Materialism and Culture. London: Verso, 1980. 5th STUDENT PRESENTATION: Is Social Darwinism a belief still held today?
Social DarwinismRaymond WilliamsProblems in Materialism and Cultureöğrenci sunumu
Hafta 619–25 Eki
Toplumsal farklılaşma ve karmaşıklığın azaltılması
Week 6. The Differentiation of Society and the Problem of Complexity Reduction Required reading: Luhmann, Niklas. The Differentiation of Society. Translated by Stephen Holmes and Charles Larmore. New York:Columbia University Press, 1982, pp. 229-254 6th STUDENT PRESENTATION: What is social differentiation? (Since Luhmann is complicated, this presentation does not have to specifically address Luhmann’s notion of differentiation). 7TH STUDENT PRESENTATION: What makes modern society more complex than premodern society?
Niklas LuhmannThe Differentiation of Societysocial differentiationmodern toplum
Hafta 726 Eki – 1 Kas
Risk society ve zamanın daralması
PART 2: CURRENT CONCERNS: INCREASED RISK, PRECARIOUSNESS AND INSECURITY Week 7. The Complexity of Modernity: Risk Society and the Contraction of Temporality Required reading: Selected passages from Beck, Ulrich. Risk Society . Translated by Mark Ritter. London: Sage, 1992. 8TH STUDENT PRESENTATION : What does Beck mean by “risk society”? 9th STUDENT PRESENTATION : Why is modernity more of a risk society than were pre-modern societies?
Ulrich BeckRisk Societymoderniteöğrenci sunumu
Hafta 82–8 Kas
Modernliğin karmaşıklığı: risk society
Week 8. The Complexity of Modernity: Risk Society and the Contraction of Temporality (continued) Required reading: Reith, Gerda. "Uncertain times: The Notion of "Risk" and the Development of Modernity."Time and Society, vol 13, NO 2/3, 2004 10TH STUDENT PRESENTATION: How does increased risk affect our sense of self?
risk societyGerda ReithUncertain Timeszamansallık
Hafta 99–15 Kas
Midterm tekrarı ve sınav
Week 9. Review for Mid-term exam and... MID TERM EXAM
midterm reviewmidterm exam
Hafta 1016–22 Kas
Kapitalizm, krizler ve temporality
Week 10 Capitalism, Crises and Insecurity, and Their Effects on Temporality Required reading: Harvey, David. The Enigma of Capital and the Crises of Capitalism. Oxford university Press, 2010 (selected passages) 11TH STUDENT PRESENTATION: Will Turkey soon face a financial crisis? 12TH STUDENT PRESENTATION: Does capitalism encourage social stability or social instability?
David HarveyThe Enigma of Capitalkrizöğrenci sunumu
Hafta 1123–29 Kas
Kapitalizm, kriz ve zaman algısı
Week 11 Capitalism, Crises and Insecurity, and Their Effects on Temporality (continued) Required reading: Leccardi, Carmen. "Redefining the Future: Youthful Biographical Constructions in the 21st Century." New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development 113.1 (2006): 37-48 13TH STUDENT PRESENTATION: How does the concentration of wealth distort true democracy? 14TH STUDENT PRESENTATION: How does increased insecurity affect our sense of time?
temporalityinsecurityLeccardistudent presentation
Hafta 1230 Kas – 6 Ara
Fordism'den flexible accumulation'a geçiş
Week 12. From Fordism to Flexible Accumulation: Temporal Acceleration and the Closing of the Future Required reading Harvey, David. The Condition of Postmodernity. Oxford: Blackwell, 1990, pp. 121-172 15TH STUDENT PRESENTATION: what is Fordism (in the sense addressed by Harvey) 16TH STUDENT PRESENTATION: What is flexible accumulation (in the sense addressed by Harvey)
Fordismflexible accumulationDavid HarveyThe Condition of Postmodernity
Hafta 137–13 Ara
Güvencesizlik, risk ve zaman algısı
Week 13. Risk, Precariousness and Their Effects on Temporality and on Self- formation: Precariousness, neo-ethnic tribalism, and neo-eschatology Required reading: Sennett, Richard. The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism. New York: W.W. Norton, 1999 (selected passages). 17TH STUDENT PRESENTATION: what does Sennett mean by “Corrosion of character”? 18TH STUDENT PRESENTATION: How does resurgent Christian fundamentalism in the US testify neo-eschatology? How does this close off the future? 19TH STUDENT PRESENTATION: Is neo-ethnic tribalism a response to increased precariousness/insecurity?
precariousnessRichard SennettThe Corrosion of Characterneo-eschatology
Hafta 1414–20 Ara
Laissez-faire ve duygusal iyi oluş
Week 14. Let the markets decide! The temporal and Social Repercussions of Laissez-Faire on Emotional Well-Being Required reading: Ehrenberg, Alain. The Weariness of the Self. McGill -Queen’s University Press, 2010 (selected passages) 20th STUDENT PRESENTATION: Is the increased prevalence of depression a result of increased precariousness/insecurity?
laissez-faireEhrenberg, The Weariness of the Selfdepressionprecariousness