Bu ders Postkolonyal teori olarak tanımlanan bazı felsefi, siyasi ve tarihsel tartışmaları analiz etmeye ve anlamaya çalışır. Bu tartışmalar sosyal teori içindeki tartışmalarla birlikte ele alınacak ve 20. Yüzyıldaki seyir içinde konumlandırılacaktır. Özellikle eleştirel teori ve oryantalizm tartışmaları Merkez tartışmalar olarak odaklanılacaktır.

Dersin içeriği, oldukça geniş bir kapsama sahip olup ilk hafta genel bir giriş yapılması planlanmaktadır. İlerleyen haftalarda Oryantalizm düşüncesi ve Avrupa Oryantalizmi ele alınacaktır. Avrupa merkezcilik ve Batı dışı toplumlar ve Anri-kolonyal söyleme de yer verilmesi planlanan ders, literatürde postkolonyal söylemler ve postkolonyalizmin siyasetteki yeri ile sonlandırılacaktır.

Ders anlatım, okuma ve tartışma yoğun şeklinde icra edilecektir. Katılımcılar haftalık belirtilen okumaları muntazam bir şekilde gerçekleştirmek zorundadır. Ders boyunca öğrencilerin 2 adet (vize – final) paper yazması beklenmektedir.

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