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| INTR2005 | History of Political Thought | 3+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ayçe SEPLİ | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Süleyman Erkan | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | By the end of the course, the students will have
- had a good command on various political ideologies
- understood political ideologies in Europe and beyond Europe
- made sense of current socio-political affairs with the help of differing ideologies in a historical context.
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| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | have a good command on various political ideologies
| 2 | 3, | | LO - 2 : | understand political ideologies in Europe and beyond Europe
| 2 | 3, | | LO - 3 : | make sense of current socio-political affairs with the help of differing ideologies in a historical context.
| 2 | 3, | | 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 | | |
| This course introduces students with main strands of political thought both in Europe and beyond Europe. The course delves into one ideology in each week and teaches students each ideology with its historical context and specific meaning for International Relations (IR). Throughout the end, the course moves beyond the political ideologies that have marked the European history and visits the so-called other political ideologies underpinned histories of India, the Middle East, and Africa. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | INTRODUCTION
In this week, I will introduce the course in detail by mentioning the topics of each week briefly. In the first half of this lecture, students will learn what is needed from them to pass the course (midterm and final exams, participation, etc.). In the second half, students will have a good sense of why political ideologies matter and how they make different strands of thought.
| | | Week 2 | LIBERALISM
This lecture is devoted to liberalism as a political ideology. The lecture starts with origins and development of liberalism and continues with its core understandings of individual, government, democracy, and market economy. It will briefly mention how liberalism progresses in time and its different versions. Then, the course explains its relevance under globalism.
| | | Week 3 | CONSERVATISM
This lecture starts with explaining the historical context conservatism. Conservatism is a political ideology having so many different versions and contents. The lecture will focus on these different contents along with conservatism?s key themes. Authoritarian conservatism and New Right will receive a particular focus during the lecture in terms of their popularity in the last 40 years.
| | | Week 4 | SOCIALISM
This lecture turns to socialism which is a fundamentally different political ideology than the previous two ideologies. Throughout the lecture, I will visit a range of issues related to socialism ranged from its origins and development to its core themes such as its ideas on historical development, social democracy, communism, etc. In the end, I will explain its current stage in the global age.
| | | Week 5 | NATIONALISM
This lecture introduces nationalism as a political ideology and focuses on its varying appearances in different contexts. After explaining its historical context, I will turn to its articulations to previous ideologies. I will finish the lecture by questioning whether nationalism can be still relevant under globalism.
| | | Week 6 | FEMINISM
This lecture explores feminism as a political ideology. Starting with its origins and development, the lecture highlights the reasons why feminism was needed and politics of it. It will particularly investigate one of feminism?s core arguments, namely ?the personal is political? and what it really means in IR. The lecture will also present different types of feminism and feminism?s current relevance under globalism.
| | | Week 7 | PREPARATION FOR MIDTERM HOMEWORK
In this lecture, I will make a very brief review of the previously examined political ideologies. Then, I will give students some tips about homework writing (including referencing, essay styles, developing arguments, etc.) | | | Week 8 | MIDTERM WEEK
Students will take their midterm exams. There will be no lecture. | | | Week 9 | ENVIROMENTALISM / GREEN IDEOLOGY
This lecture is about environmentalism (or green ideology) which has become widely popular due to the environmental problems that we have been facing for a while. The discussions on environment saw its peak in last year due to the global epidemic COVID-19. This lecture introduces environmentalism and its historical context. It will also make students re-think their interactions with the environment. | | | Week 10 | MULTICULTURALISM
This lecture introduces multiculturalism as a political ideology. Although multiculturalism is not a new phenomenon, its appearance as a political ideology is quite recent. This lecture will explain this ideology with its historical context and explores its different types. It will also visit its relation with globalism. | | | Week 11 | BEYOND EUROPE: POST-COLONIALISM
This lecture moves beyond Europe and looks at postcolonialism, an ideology arose in the 1970s. It will briefly mention the building blocs of postcolonialism and highlight its difference from the previous ideologies. It will particularly focus on postcolonialism?s critique of the European ideologies. | | | Week 12 | POLITICAL THOUGHT IN INDIA
From this lecture on, we will deal with non-European thinkers who contributed significantly to the non-European political thought. This lecture is specifically interested in the ancient Indian thinker Kautilya and his political thought. It will highlight some features of Indian culture along with Kautilya?s famous book Arhashastra. | | | Week 13 | POLITICAL THOUGHT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
This lecture explores political thought in the Middle East. Ibn Khaldun?s (Ibn-I Haldun) political thought will be the example upon which we will learn the Middle Eastern political thought. The lecture will focus on specific features and core concepts of Ibn Khaldun to differentiate the Middle Eastern political thought from the European political thought. | | | Week 14 | POLITICAL THOUGHT IN AFRICA
This lecture focuses on political thought in Africa. It explores building blocs of African political thought and illustrates how this thought is different than previous ones. It also highlight how the African identity constructed by the Western ideologies affected the African identity and political thought.
| | | Week 15 | LAST LECTURE
This is the last lecture of the semester. I will do a brief review of what we have covered in the lectures throughout the semester. I will also give some tips that might be useful for your final exam.
| | | Week 16 | FINAL HOMEWORK
In this week, students will take their final exams. There will be no lecture. | | | |
| 1 | Heywood, A. (2017) Political Ideologies: An Introduction (6th Edition), London: Palgrave | | | 2 | Grovogui, S. N. (2012) Postcolonialism in T. Dunne, M. Kurki, S. Smith (Eds.), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity (3rd Edition), Oxford: Oxford University Press. | | | 3 | Singh, M. P. (2011) Chapter 1: Kautilya: Theory of State, in M. P. Singh and H. Roy (Eds.), Indian Political Thought, Delhi: Pearson. | | | 4 | Manoochehri, A. (2016) Ibn Khaldun on ?Political Change?, International Journal of History and Cultural Studies, 1 (4), pp. 1-9. | | | 5 | Anthony, K. I. (2014) The Meaning and Nature of African Philosophy in a Globalising World, International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences and Education, 1 (7), pp. 86-94. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 20.11.2021 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 10.01.2022 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 2 | 10 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 2 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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