This course aims to introduce the student with the Western political thought canon along with its leading figures of and their theories ever since the early Athens school. A major intention is to create awareness in the students’ perspective that during the early periods of the discipline, political theory constituted what we refer to as political science today. This awareness will help students to study and analyse issues, concepts and phenomena of today’s contemporary political science discipline with an integral perspective bringing understanding and articulation on a unified frame of reference. Additionally, the course offers to introduce the student with a diverse spectrum of political designs corresponding to various necessities of the societies distributed along different time and settings.
Prerequisite(s)
No
Corequisite(s)
No
Special Requisite(s)
Students are expected to participate all online sessions, and remain active and. connected throughout all 3 hours.
Instructor(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Hande Ramazanoğulları
Course Assistant(s)
Bozkurt Toral
Schedule
Tuesday 18:00 - 21:00
Office Hour(s)
Wednesday 10:30-11:00
Teaching Methods and Techniques
-Online classes designed as lecture and power point presentation.
Principle Sources
-David Boucher & Paul Kelly (eds.), Political Thinkers from Socrates to the Present, 2nd ed., (Oxford University Press, Oxford New York 2009).
-Iain Hampsher-Monk, A History of Modern Political Thought: Major Political Thinkers from Hobbes to Marx, (Blackwell Oxford UK & Cambridge USA, 1992).
Other Sources
-Jonathan Wolfe, An Introduction to Political Philosophy, revised ed., (Oxford University Press, Oxford New York 2006).
-Michael Rosen & Jonathan Wolfe (ed.s), Political Thought, Oxford Readers, (Oxford University Press, Oxford New York 1999).
-Sheldon S. Wolin, Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought (expanded ed.), (Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford 2004).
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Boucher & Kelly, Political Thinkers, Chapter 1: Introduction pp: 1-23; Part 1 The Classical World pp:25-28; Chapter 2: The Sophists pp: 29-42
suggested:
Jonathan Wolfe, An Introduction to Political Philosophy, Introduction pp:1-6
Sheldon S. Wolin, Politics and Vision, Introduction: Remarks on Political Philosophy pp: 1-20
Lecture
2. Week
Boucher & Kelly, Political Thinkers, Chapter 3 : Socrates pp: 47-61; Chapter 4: Plato pp: 62-80; Chapter 5: Aristotle pp: 81-99, Chapter 6: Cicero pp: 100-113
suggested:
Jonathan Wolfe, An Introduction to Political Philosophy, Plato against Democracy pp:66-77
Lecture
3. Week
Boucher & Kelly, Political Thinkers, Chapter 3 : Socrates pp: 47-61; Chapter 4: Plato pp: 62-80; Chapter 5: Aristotle pp: 81-99, Chapter 6: Cicero pp: 100-113
suggested:
Jonathan Wolfe, An Introduction to Political Philosophy, Plato against Democracy pp:66-77
Lecture
4. Week
Boucher & Kelly, Political Thinkers, Part 2 Church and the State, Introduction pp: 115-117; Chapter 7: St Augustine pp: 118-131, Chapter 8: Aquinas pp: 132-147, Chapter 9: Marsiglio of Padua pp: 148-162
Lecture
5. Week
Boucher & Kelly, Political Thinkers, Chapter 10: Machiavelli 163-184
Lecture
6. Week
Boucher & Kelly, Political Thinkers, Part 3 The Rationalist Enlightenment and its Critics , Introduction: 185-188, Chapter 11: Hobbes pp:189-205; Chapter 12: John Locke pp:207-224; Chapter 13: 225-245
suggested:
Jonathan Wolfe, An Introduction to Political Philosophy, The State of Nature pp: 8-17
Sheldon S. Wolin, Politics and Vision, Lectures on Hobbes pp: 23-94, Lectures on Locke pp: 103-138
Lecture
7. Week
Boucher & Kelly, Political Thinkers, Part 3 The Rationalist Enlightenment and its Critics , Introduction: 185-188, Chapter 11: Hobbes pp:189-205; Chapter 12: John Locke pp:207-224; Chapter 13: 225-245
suggested:
Jonathan Wolfe, An Introduction to Political Philosophy, The State of Nature pp: 8-17
Sheldon S. Wolin, Politics and Vision, Lectures on Hobbes pp: 23-94, Lectures on Locke pp: 103-138
Lecture
8. Week
Boucher & Kelly, Political Thinkers, Chapter 14: Montesquieu pp: 245-262; Chapter 15: Rousseau pp:263-281
suggested:
Jonathan Wolfe, An Introduction to Political Philosophy, The State of Nature, Rousseau pp: 24-29
Sheldon S. Wolin, Politics and Vision, Lectures on Rousseau pp: 191-229
Lecture
9. Week
Boucher & Kelly, Political Thinkers, Part4 Political Radicalism, Introduction: 303-306; Chapter 17: The Federalist pp:307-324, Chapter 18: Wollstonecraft pp: 325-343
Lecture
10. Week
Boucher & Kelly, Political Thinkers, Chapter 19: Bentham pp:344-361, Chapter 20: Tocqueville pp: 362-379
suggested:
Jonathan Wolfe, An Introduction to Political Philosophy, Who Should Rule, Utilitarianism pp: 48-55
Lecture
11. Week
Boucher & Kelly, Political Thinkers, Chapter 21: J.S.Mill on Lİberty pp: 381-399, Chapter 22: J.S.Mill on the Subjection of Women pp: 400-421
suggested:
Jonathan Wolfe, An Introduction to Political Philosophy, The Place of Liberty pp: 104-131
Boucher & Kelly, Political Thinkers, Chapter 25: The Early Marx pp:459-475; Chapter 26: Marx and Engels pp: 474-490
suggested:
Sheldon S. Wolin, Politics and Vision, Lectures on Marx pp: 319-354
Lecture
14. Week
Boucher & Kelly, Political Thinkers, Chapter 27: Nietzsche pp: 491-510
suggested:
Jonathan Wolfe, An Introduction to Political Philosophy, The Distribution of Property, Rawls theory of justice pp: 152-168, Rawls and his critics pp: 168-176
Lecture
15. Week
Boucher & Kelly, Political Thinkers, Part 6 The Twentieth Century, Introduction pp: 511-514; Chapter 29: Habermas pp: 537-553; Rawls pp: 554-574; Foucault pp: 575-595
suggested:
Jonathan Wolfe, An Introduction to Political Philosophy, The Distribution of Property, Rawls theory of justice pp: 152-168, Rawls and his critics pp: 168-176
Lecture
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
30
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
20
Attendance
1
10
Final Exam
1
40
Program Outcomes
PO-1
1.To identify and use advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in International Relations and Diplomacy.
PO-2
2.To express ideas and assessments about contemporary debates in International Relations.
PO-3
3.To monitor and interpret published studies in International Relations.
PO-4
4.To analyze, compare and relate different local, regional and global developments in International Relations.
PO-5
5.To analyze, compare and relate International Relations with theories and practices of different associate departments and their sub-fields and to offer suggestions by combining these fields.
PO-6
6.To present substantial knowledge for various public, private and academic career positions. To reach the necessary academic level in order to pursue doctoral research.
PO-7
7.To analyze the emergence and functions of prominent regional and local actors and to make future projections about their actions.
PO-8
8.To theoretically and practically examine different events and facts in International Relations and Foreign Policy and to interpret their past, present and future through a scientific perspective.
PO-9
9.To employ advanced level knowledge in International Relations and Foreing Policy to develop the society educationally and culturally.
PO-10
10.To lead the organizations that necessitate the resolution of the problems related to International Relations and Foreing Policy and to organize personal, institutional and team studies in advanced level.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
1) The aim of the course is to define the main topics in history of political thought.
LO-2
2) In the course, the main problems that political thought faces in the historical background will be explained.
LO-3
3) To interpret the relationship of political philosophy with political science.
LO-4
4) To debate the evolution that has taken place in political thought from the Athenian thinkers to the modern age.
LO-5
5) To evaluate the times of antiquity, medieval, modern and modern times, through the philosophy of politics.
LO-6
6) To use of student's theoretical and practical knowledge within the political philosophy at a proficiency level.
