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| IST2000 | History of Political Thought | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of STATISTICS and COMPUTER SCIENCES | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İhsan ERDİNÇLİ | | Co-Lecturer | Öğr. Gör. Dr. İhsan ERDİNÇLİ | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The purpose of this course is to explain and interpret the state and society designs of certain great political philosophers in the context of their respective world according to socio-political and socio-economic structures. While researching the surface of the history of political thought in a historical-hermeneutic perspective it is aimed to help the students improve their citizenship consciousness, comprehend the real meaning of main political concepts and evaluate the political world they live in. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Comprehend the primary concepts in political philosophy. | | 1 | | LO - 2 : | Understand the ideas of the most prominent thinkers in pre-modern political philosophy. | | 1 | | LO - 3 : | Interpret current political life and developments with the main theories and concepts in the history of political thought. | | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The stages in evolution of Antique Greek, Roman, Christian and Muslim political thinking and philosophy; the main cornerstones in each stage, great political thinkers and theorists. The basic socioeconomic, political and cultural outline of the societies these philosophers belonged to. The main political thought concepts and their explanation that are in use in contemporary socio-political life. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction:Course Description, Resources and Presentation | | | Week 2 | Society and Political Thought in Pre-Greek and Contemporary Civilizations | | | Week 3 | The beginnings of political philosophy in Ancient Greece | | | Week 4 | Leaders of Political Philosophy in Ancient Greece-1 | | | Week 5 | Leaders of Political Philosophy in Ancient Greece-2 | | | Week 6 | Political Philosophy in Rome | | | Week 7 | Political Developments in Medieval Europe | | | Week 8 | Social Order in Medieval Europe | | | Week 9 | Midterm Exam | | | Week 10 | Intellectual Structure and Its Important Representatives in Medieval Europe | | | Week 11 | Islamic Political Thought in the Medieval Age; Farabi | | | Week 12 | Islamic Political thought in the Medieval Age; Avicenna, Averroes and İbni Khaldoun | | | Week 13 | TRANSITION FROM THE MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS THOUGHT TO THE MODERN THOUGHT | | | Week 14 | Social-Political Developments in the Modern Period | | | Week 15 | Early Modern Age Political Thinkers; Machiavelli and Hobbes. | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Alâeddin (Adam) Şenel (2017); Siyasal Düşünceler Tarihi, Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | |
| 1 | Warburton, Nigel. (2016); Felsefenin Kısa Tarihi, Alfa Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Göze, Ayferi. (1989); Siyasal Düşünceler ve Yönetimler, Beta Basım Yayım, İstanbul. | | | 3 | Hilav, Selahattin (1997); 100 Soruda Felsefe El Kitabı, Gerçek Yayınevi, İstanbul. | | | 4 | Yalçınkaya, Ayhan- M. Ali Ağaoğulları. (2013); Siyasi Düşünceler Tarihi, AÖF Yayınları, Eskişehir. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 10/04/2020 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 01/06/2020 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 60 |
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