At the end of this course, the student will learn:

• The major ideological discourses in modern Turkey and their historical development

• The representations of capitalist modernity, state, and the people in different ideological discourses

• The political and cultural writings of major intellectual figures from various ideological perspectives

• The intellectual legacy of ideological discourses such as Kemalism, nationalism, socialism, conservatism, Islamism, and liberalism

• The intertextual relations between different ideological discourses and their role in shaping social and political forces

• The application of discourse analysis as a method for studying ideological discourses