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Code - Course Title ESTÜ132 - History of Political Thought
Course Type Elective Courses
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Laboratory + Practice 3+0
ECTS 3.0
Course Instructor(s) ÖĞRETİM GÖREVLİSİ DOKTOR MUSTAFA YAŞAR ÖZOYLUMLU
Mode of Delivery Face to face.
Prerequisites This course has no prerequisites or co-requisites.
Courses Recomended It is recommended that students taking this course also take ESTÜ1005 – History of Civilization.
Required or Recommended Resources Alaeddin Şenel, Siyasal Düşünceler Tarihi.George H. Sabine, A History of Political Theory.Quentin Skinner, The Foundations of Modern Political Thought.Sheldon S. Wolin, Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought.Yuval Noal Harari, Sapiens.
Recommended Reading List Olkan Senemoğlu, “Antik Yunan Siyasal Düşünüşünde İnsan Doğası ve Toplum Anlayışı: Platon ve Aristoteles”Armağan Öztürk, “Machiavelli Düşüncesinde Cumhuriyetçi Özgürlük ve Kurucu Lider İmgesi”Yavuz Kılıç, “Hobbes, Locke ve Rousseau’da ‘Doğa Durumu’ Düşüncesi”Yunus Koç, “Yeniçağda Kavram Olarak Egemenliğin Analizi: Jean Bodin, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke ve Jean-Jacques Rousseau Üzerine”Hüsniye Canbay Tatar, “Din ve Kapitalizm”Yavuz Yıldırım, “Fransız Devrimi’nde Yurttaşlık ve Etkilerine Dair Bir Değerlendirme”Abdulkadir Aksoy, “Geleneksel Devletten Modern Devlete: Sanayi Devrimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Düşüncesinde Değişim”Hüseyin Şeyhanlıoğlu, “Siyasal Muhafazakârlığın Temel İlkeleri”
Assessment methods and criteria 1 Midterm Exam, 1 Final Exam. The exams are conducted in written/essay format.
Work Placement There is no internship or practical component in our course.
Sustainability Development Goals Quality Education

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Weeks Topics
Week - 1 Society, Thought, and Construction: Primitive communities and the beginnings of thought.
Week - 2 From Organic Evolution to Socio-Cultural Evolution: Human life in the Stone Ages.
Week - 3 The Transition from Primitive Community to Civilized Society and the Spread of Civilization.
Week - 4 The emergence of the first civilized society and the social division of labor; the spread of civilizations. Political Thought in Pre-Greek Civilizations:
Week - 5 Political thought in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Anatolia. Political Thought in Civilizations Contemporary with Greece.
Week - 6 Political Thought in Civilizations Contemporary with Greece: Political thought among the Persians, Indians, Chinese, and Hebrews. Society and political thought in Ancient Greece.
Week - 7 Society and Political Thought in Rome: Economic and socio-political developments in Rome; political thought in Rome.
Week - 8 Society and Political Thought in the Medieval Latin World: Economic, social, and political developments in the Latin world; political thought in the Latin world.
Week - 9 Society and Political Thought in the Early Modern Age: Economic, social, and political developments in Western societies;
Week - 10 The transition from the feudal order to the capitalist system.
Week - 11 Political Thought in Early Modern Western Societies.
Week - 12 Reformation movements and their relationship with capitalism.
Week - 13 Absolute monarchy, the rise of the bourgeoisie, and the emergence of social movements.
Week - 14 The French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the impact of the political ideas that emerged thereafter on the formation of modern society.

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Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 40
Final Exam 1 60
Toplam (%) 100
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