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Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction |
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2) |
How to Study the History of Political Thought & Ancient Political Thought |
Skinner, Q. (1972). Motives, intentions and the interpretation of texts. New literary history, 3(2), 393-408.
Babb, J. (2018). “2. The foundational thinkers (600-400 BCE). A World History of Political Thought. Edward Elgar Publishing.
“How Should We Study the History of Political Thought”, In Coleman, J. (2000). A history of political thought (Vol. 1). Oxford: Blackwell, 13-20.
Smith, Steven B. 2000. “Political Science and Political Philosophy: An Uneasy Relation.” PS: Political Science & Politics 33 (2): 189–91.
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3) |
Ancient Athenian Democracy & Socrates’ Investigation & Platonic Utopia
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“Crito”, In Cooper, J. M., & Hutchinson, D. S. (Eds.). (1997). Plato: complete works. Hackett Publishing.
“Book I” and “Book VII”, In Cooper, J. M., & Hutchinson, D. S. (Eds.). (1997). Plato: complete works. Hackett Publishing.
“Apology”, In Cooper, J. M., & Hutchinson, D. S. (Eds.). (1997). Plato: complete works. Hackett Publishing.
“Plato”, In Roberts, Peri and Sutch, Peter. (2012) An Introduction to Political Thought. Edinburgh University Press.
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4) |
Aristotle’s Politics |
“Book I” and “Book III”, In Reeve, C. D. C. (1998). Aristotle: Politics. Indianapolis: Hackett.
“Aristotle”, In Roberts, Peri and Sutch, Peter. (2012) An Introduction to Political Thought. Edinburgh University Press.
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5) |
Roman Political Thought |
Atkins, J. (2018) “Chapter I The Roman Constitution in Theory and Practice” in Roman Political Thought. Cambridge University Press.
Atkins, J. (2018) “Liberty and Related Concepts” in Roman Political Thought. Cambridge University Press.
Coleman, J. (2000) “Cicero’s Rome and Cicero’s Republic” in History of Political Thought. Wiley-Blackwell.
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6) |
Religion and Politics: Early and Late Medieval Period
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“Book Eleventh”, in The City of God. (St. Augustine). https://www.gutenberg.org/files/45304/45304-h/45304-h.htm
“The Virtuous City” (aphs. 57-67), In The political writings:" Selected aphorisms" and other texts. Cornell University Press, 2015 (al-Farabi).
“Introduction” in Bowering, G. (Ed.). (2015). Islamic political thought: An introduction. Princeton University Press, pp. 2-23.
“St Augustine”, “Thomas Aquinas” In Boucher, D., & Kelly, P. (Eds.). (2017). Political thinkers: from Socrates to the present. Oxford University Press.
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7) |
Midterm |
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8) |
Transitions to Modernity: Ibn Khaldun & Niccolò Machiavelli
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Khaldun, I. (2015). The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History-Abridged Edition. Princeton University Press, Chapter III (1-15).
Machiavelli, N. (2009). Discourses on Livy. University of Chicago Press, pp. 7-14.
Machiavelli, N. (2005). The Prince, trans. P. Bondanella, pp. 7-30.
“Machiavelli”, In Boucher, D., & Kelly, P. (Eds.). (2017). Political thinkers: from Socrates to the present. Oxford University Press.
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9) |
Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan |
“Of Commonwealth”, In Hobbes, T. (1996). Leviathan (ed. JCA Gaskin) Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 111-131.
“Hobbes”, In Boucher, D., & Kelly, P. (Eds.). (2017). Political thinkers: from Socrates to the present. Oxford University Press. |
10) |
Enlightenment & Liberty: John Locke |
“Second Treatise”, In Locke, J. (2003). Two Treatises on Government, edited by Ian Shapiro, pp. 100-121.
“Locke”, In Boucher, D., & Kelly, P. (Eds.). (2017). Political thinkers: from Socrates to the present. Oxford University Press. |
11) |
Jean Jacques Rousseau and His Republican Project
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“Social Contract”, In Rousseau, J. J., & May, G. (2002). The social contract: And, the first and second discourses. Yale University Press, pp. 155-169.
“Rousseau”, In Boucher, D., & Kelly, P. (Eds.). (2017). Political thinkers: from Socrates to the present. Oxford University Press.
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12) |
Social Contract: Tradition, Revival and Revisions
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Pateman, C. (1988) “Patriarchal Confusions” in The Sexual Contract. Stanford University Press.
Mills, C. (1999) “Introduction” in The Racial Contract. Cornell University Press.
“CHAPTER THREE – Historical: Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau”, In Roberts, Peri and Sutch, Peter. (2012) An Introduction to Political Thought. Edinburgh University Press.
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13) |
ROLEPLAY DEBATE |
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14) |
GENERAL EVALUATION |
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14) |
REVISION & Q/A SESSION |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
To be able to examine, interpret data and assess ideas with the scientific methods in the area of EU studies. |
3 |
2) |
To be able to inform authorities and institutions in the area of EU studies, to be able to transfer ideas and proposals supported by quantitative and qualitative data about the problems. |
3 |
3) |
To be introduced to and to get involved in other disciplines that EU studies are strongly related with (political science, international relations, law, economics, sociology, etc.) and to be able to conduct multi-disciplinary research and analysis on European politics. |
3 |
4) |
To be able to evaluate current news on European Union and Turkey-EU relations and identify, analyze current issues relating to the EU’s politics and policies. |
3 |
5) |
To be able to use English in written and oral communication in general and in the field of EU studies in particular. |
3 |
6) |
To have ethical, social and scientific values throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data related to EU studies. |
2 |
7) |
To be able to assess the historical development, functioning of the institutions and decision-making system and common policies of the European Union throughout its economic and political integration in a supranational framework. |
2 |
8) |
To be able to evaluate the current legal, financial and institutional changes that the EU is going through. |
2 |
9) |
To explain the dynamics of enlargement processes of the EU by identifying the main actors and institutions involved and compare previous enlargement processes and accession process of Turkey. |
2 |
10) |
To be able to analyze the influence of the EU on political, social and economic system of Turkey. |
2 |
11) |
To acquire insight in EU project culture and to build up project preparation skills in line with EU format and develop the ability to work in groups and cooperate with peers. |
2 |
12) |
To be able to recognize theories and concepts used by the discipline of international relations and relate them to the historical development of the EU as a unique post-War political project. |
2 |