ECTS - Modern Political Theories

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Modern Political Theories (KAM401) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Modern Political Theories KAM401 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Prof. Dr. Funda Gençoğlu
Course Assistants
Course Objectives This course focuses specifically on twentieth century political thought. It is based on the determination that the theoretical approach, which has become more and more mainstream in this century, is liberal theory, and therefore sets its framework as an analysis of the challenges/criticisms/alternatives/rejections of liberal mainstream theory. In accordance with this framework, this course is planned to firstly understand the basic concepts, principles and values of liberal theory and to understand the mainstreaming of liberal theory, and then to examine how different starting points the challenges to liberal theory have come from and how different results they have reached. In accordance with this framework, this course is planned to firstly understand the basic concepts, principles and values of liberal theory and to understand the mainstreaming of liberal theory, and then to examine how different starting points the challenges to liberal theory have come from and how different results they have reached.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Learns the background of current populism debates.
  • Learns different explanations about the reasons for the distancing from democracy and/or authoritarianism observed in many countries today.
  • Knows the theories of hegemony and counter-hegemony.
Course Content Liberalism; socialism; conservatism; Western Marxism; post-Marxism; fascism; totalitarianism; Islamic political thought.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 INTRODUCTION (Meeting and informing students about content, resources, exams, expectations)
2 WHAT IS POLITICAL THEORY? WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORY? There are no readings for this week. The lecturer will make a presentation.
3 GRAMSCI and THE THEORY OF HEGEMONIA Öztürk, Armağan (2010) “Özne-nesne Diyalektiğinde Gramsci Uğrağı: Praxis Felsefesi Nereye Doğru?” Günümüzde Yeni Siyasal Yaklaşımlar içinde, Hilal Onur İnce (ed.) Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, s. 255-301
4 FRANKFURT OKULU VE AYDINLANMA ELEŞTİRİSİ Küçük, Ali Buğra (2010) “Frankfurt Okulu ve Eleştirileri,” Günümüzde Yeni Siyasal Yaklaşımlar içinde, Hilal Onur İnce (ed.) Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, s. 138-172. Veysal, Çetin (2013) “Frankfurt Okulu,” Siyaset Felsefesi Tarihi Platon’dan Zizek’e içinde, Ahu Tunçel ve Kurtul Gülenç (ed.) Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, s. 583-623.
5 ARENDT AND THE PROBLEM OF FREEDOM Çoban, Funda (2010) “Emekten Eyleme: Hannah Arendt,” Günümüzde Yeni Siyasal Yaklaşımlar içinde, Hilal Onur İnce (ed.) Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, s. 92-137. Sezer, Devrim (2013) “Hannah Arendt,” Siyaset Felsefesi Tarihi Platon’dan Zizek’e içinde, Ahu Tunçel ve Kurtul Gülenç (ed.) Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, s. 638-678.
6 RAWLS AND THE REFORMULATION OF LIBERALISM Uygur, Gülriz (2013) “John Rawls,” Siyaset Felsefesi Tarihi Platon’dan Zizek’e içinde, Ahu Tunçel ve Kurtul Gülenç (ed.) Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, s. 712-735. Kymlicka, Will (2016) Çağdaş Siyaset Felsefesine Giriş, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, s. 73-104.
7 HABERMAS AND THE SEEKING OF LIBERAL REPUBLIC Özbank, Murat (2013) “Jurgen Habermas,” Siyaset Felsefesi Tarihi Platon’dan Zizek’e içinde, Ahu Tunçel ve Kurtul Gülenç (ed.) Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, s.754-768. Giddens, Anthony (2013) “Jurgen Habermas,” Çağdaş Temel Kuramlar içinde Quentin Skinner (ed.) İstanbul: İletişim, s. 159-182.
8 MIDTERM
9 Libertarianism: A Critique of liberalism from near Kymlicka, Will (2016) Çağdaş Siyaset Felsefesine Giriş, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, s. 141-232.
10 ALTERNATIVE TO LIBERALISM: COMMUNITARIANISM Kymlicka, Will (2016) Çağdaş Siyaset Felsefesine Giriş, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, s. 291-386.
11 POSTSTRUCTURALISM AND FOUCAULT Philp, Mark (2013) “Michel Foucault,” Çağdaş Temel Kuramlar içinde Quentin Skinner (ed.) İstanbul: İletişim, s. 89-110 Keskin, Ferda (2013) “Michel Foucault,” Siyaset Felsefesi Tarihi Platon’dan Zizek’e içinde, Ahu Tunçel ve Kurtul Gülenç (ed.) Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, s.754-768
12 POSTMARKISM AND THE THEORY OF RADICAL DEMOCRACY Mouffe, Chantal (2018) Sol Popülizm (çev. Aybars Yanık) İstanbul: İletişim.
13 FEMINIST AND QUEER THEORY Kymlicka, Will (2016) Çağdaş Siyaset Felsefesine Giriş, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, s.522-594.
14 GENERAL EVALUATION/REVIEW

Sources

Course Book 1.  Öztürk, Armağan (2010) “Özne-nesne Diyalektiğinde Gramsci Uğrağı: Praxis Felsefesi Nereye Doğru?” Günümüzde Yeni Siyasal Yaklaşımlar içinde, Hilal Onur İnce (ed.) Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, s. 255-301
2.  Küçük, Ali Buğra (2010) “Frankfurt Okulu ve Eleştirileri,” Günümüzde Yeni Siyasal Yaklaşımlar içinde, Hilal Onur İnce (ed.) Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, s. 138-172.
3.  Veysal, Çetin (2013) “Frankfurt Okulu,” Siyaset Felsefesi Tarihi Platon’dan Zizek’e içinde, Ahu Tunçel ve Kurtul Gülenç (ed.) Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, s. 583-623.
4.  Çoban, Funda (2010) “Emekten Eyleme: Hannah Arendt,” Günümüzde Yeni Siyasal Yaklaşımlar içinde, Hilal Onur İnce (ed.) Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, s. 92-137.
5.  Sezer, Devrim (2013) “Hannah Arendt,” Siyaset Felsefesi Tarihi Platon’dan Zizek’e içinde, Ahu Tunçel ve Kurtul Gülenç (ed.) Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, s. 638-678.
6.  Uygur, Gülriz (2013) “John Rawls,” Siyaset Felsefesi Tarihi Platon’dan Zizek’e içinde, Ahu Tunçel ve Kurtul Gülenç (ed.) Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, s. 712-735.
7.  Kymlicka, Will (2016) Çağdaş Siyaset Felsefesine Giriş, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, s. 73-104.
8.  Özbank, Murat (2013) “Jurgen Habermas,” Siyaset Felsefesi Tarihi Platon’dan Zizek’e içinde, Ahu Tunçel ve Kurtul Gülenç (ed.) Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, s.754-768.
9.  Giddens, Anthony (2013) “Jurgen Habermas,” Çağdaş Temel Kuramlar içinde Quentin Skinner (ed.) İstanbul: İletişim, s. 159-182.
10.  Kymlicka, Will (2016) Çağdaş Siyaset Felsefesine Giriş, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, s. 141-232.
11.  Philp, Mark (2013) “Michel Foucault,” Çağdaş Temel Kuramlar içinde Quentin Skinner (ed.) İstanbul: İletişim, s. 89-110
12.  Keskin, Ferda (2013) “Michel Foucault,” Siyaset Felsefesi Tarihi Platon’dan Zizek’e içinde, Ahu Tunçel ve Kurtul Gülenç (ed.) Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, s.754-768
13.  Mouffe, Chantal (2018) Sol Popülizm (çev. Aybars Yanık) İstanbul: İletişim.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 40
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 60
Toplam 2 100
Percentage of Semester Work 40
Percentage of Final Work 60
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Students can learn the basic concepts, theories and methods of political science and public administration and use them in the analysis of national and global political developments and cause-effect relationships. X
2 It enables one to understand how policies are created and implemented in real life at the local, national, regional and/or global level, to recognize the important institutions and actors that play a role in these processes, and to know the functioning of public administration. X
3 It provides a basic level of knowledge about other fields related to political science and public administration disciplines (such as international relations, sociology, psychology, cultural studies, economics, law, history, etc.) and thus provides an interdisciplinary understanding that takes into account the relationships between different areas of life and establishes connections. X
4 Learning the use of quantitative and/or qualitative research techniques that can be used in the field of political science and public administration, software, hardware and/or technical tools that can be useful; gaining experience in designing and executing research projects to develop their application skills in this field.
5 By promoting critical analytical thinking, intellectual debate and lifelong learning, the development of the ability to act with an open mind, to avoid discrimination and to be sensitive and respectful of different points of view, thus developing skills for acting in partnership. X
6 To develop decision-making and initiative taking, work completion and time management competencies by understanding business ethics in public administration, politics and all related fields.
7 Developing communication skills, oral and written expression, presentation techniques; learning the writing principles and procedures required to write an academic article on political science and public administration disciplines.
8 The aim of the course is to master the English terminology in the disciplines of political science and public administration and to gain foreign language knowledge at a level to follow the studies written in English, so that current political developments and events in various countries can be analysed comparatively. X
9 To know the political history of both Turkey and the world in terms of periods, important turning points and actors, to comprehend the impact of the social-historical backgrounds of countries on current political and administrative issues. X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 14 3 42
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 3 42
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 15 15
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 26 26
Total Workload 125