Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits
8	PHIL 446	Contemporary Islamic Thought	3+0+0	3	5

Course Details

Language of Instruction	English
Level of Course Unit	Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program	BA Program in Philosophy
Type of Program	Formal Education
Type of Course Unit	Elective
Course Delivery Method	Face To Face
Objectives of the Course	The course aims to enable students to understand the trajectory of contemporary Islamic thought in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey and to develop their own ideas on the issues discussed.
Course Content	This course aims to cover Ottoman philosophical thought from the Tanzimat period until the mid-Republic period. The main thrust of the course is to show the dialogue between classical Islamic philosophy and Western philosophy through the Islamic and Westernized thinkers. The method of the course is to investigate the main philosophical questions of existence, knowledge, ethics, and politics through the thinkers in late Ottman Emprire and early Turkish Republic.
Course Methods and Techniques	Canvas
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	None
Name of Lecturers	Asist Prof.Dr. Rıza Tevfik Kalyoncu riza.kalyoncu@ihu.edu.tr
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Course Category

Social Sciences

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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Course Duration	14	3	42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud	14	2	28
Assignments	14	2	28
Presentation	1	5	5
Mid-terms	1	18	18
Final examination	1	28	28
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 5 149

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	The student knows the main philosophical figures of Ottoman and Turkish thought
2	The student analyzes the differences between Western philosophy and late Ottoman and Turkish thought
3	The student creates a mind map for the relation between Western philosophy and late Ottoman and Turkish thought.
4	The student compares classical Islamic thought with late Ottoman Turkish thought.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Classical Heritage	Canvas	Canvas
2	The Start of Westernization	Canvas	Canvas
3	Büchner’s Materialism and Renan’s Attack	Canvas	Canvas
4	Ahmed Cevdet Paşa	Canvas	Canvas
5	The Rejection of Renan’s Attack: Namık Kemal (d. 1888)	Canvas	Canvas
6	Materialism in Turkey: Beşir Fuad (d. 1887), Baha Tevfik (d.1914), Abdullah Cevdet (d. 1932)	Canvas	Canvas
7	Midterm	Canvas	Canvas
8	Mystic and Philosopher: Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı	Canvas	Canvas
9	The Refutation of Materialism: Filibeli Ahmed Hilmi and İsmail Fenni Ertuğrul	Canvas	Canvas
10	Religious and Philosopher Elmalılı Hamdi (d. 1942) and Babanzade Ahmed Naim	Canvas	Canvas
11	New Kalam Movement and Izmirli Ismail Hakki (d. 1946)	Canvas	Canvas
12	Philosophical Endeavors in Turkish Republic 1: Nurettin Topcu (d.1975)- Hilmi Ziya Ülken (d. 1974)	Canvas	Canvas
13	Philosophical Trends in Islamic World outside Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic.	Canvas	Canvas
14	Summary and General Evaluation	Canvas	Canvas

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

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