At the end of this course, the students; 1) analyze the connection among the origins of the phenomenon and values, reality and political practice. 2) analyze the relationship between ethics and politics. 3) analzye the relationship between thought and action, theory and practice.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITION
The course covers the ways in which the conceptual contents of society, state, liberty, rights, power and democracy have been transformed throughout a historical process by a survey of major philosophical texts. The aim is to provide a critical analysis of the relationships between the concepts developed in philosophy and corresponding historical manifestations of political institutions and organizations.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Ethics, truth, philosophy and politics - I
2nd Week
Ethics, truth, philosophy and politics - II
3rd Week
Authority and liberty - I
4th Week
Authority and liberty - II
5th Week
Ethics and Politics - Kant I
6th Week
Ethics and Politics - Kant II
7th Week
Marx and the Ethics of Freedom - I
8th Week
Midterm Exam
9th Week
Marx and the Ethics of Freedom - II
10th Week
Thought, Judgement, Action: From Heidegger to Arendt-I
11th Week
Thought, Judgement, Action: From Heidegger to Arendt-II
12th Week
Labour, work and action: Arendt-I
13th Week
Labour, work and action: Arendt-II
14th Week
Presentations. Review
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Required Readings AKARSU, Bedia (1999) Immanuel Kant'ın Ahlak Felsefesi, İstanbul: İnkılap Yayınları. ARENDT, Hanna (2003) İnsanlık Durumu, Çev. B. S. Şener, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları. ARENDT, Hanna (1996) Geçmişle Gelecek Arasında, Çev. B. S. Şener, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları. BRENKERT, George G. (1983) Marx's Ethics of Freedom, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. ÇÜÇEN, A. Kadir (2003) Heidegger'de Varlık ve Zaman, İstanbul: Asa Yayınları. FLIKSCHUH, Katrin (2000) Kant and Modern Political Philosophy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. KUÇURADİ, Ioanna (1988) Etik, Ankara: Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu. MACINTYRE, Alasdair (1998) Short History of Ethics: A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the Twentieth Century, Univ of Notre Dame Pr. ÖĞE, S. Yazıcıoğlu, Ö. Sözer & F. Tomkinson (Ed.) (2002) Metafizik ve Politika. Martin Heidegger , Hannah Arendt, İstanbul: Boğaziçi University Press. Recommended Readings ADAMS, Ian, (1989) The Logic of Political Belief: A Philosophical Analysis of Ideology, Maryland: Barnes & Noble Books. ARISTOTELES (1975) Politika, Çev. M. Tuncay, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi. BRENKERT, George G. (1998) Marx'ın Özgürlük Etiği, Çev. Y. Alogan, İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları. BOSWORTH, Stephen C. ( 1991) Hegel's Political Philosophy, New York: Garland Publishing, Inc. HEGEL, G. W. Friedrich (1986) (Ed.), Seçilmiş Parçalar, Çev. N. Bozkurt, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi. HEIDEGGER, Martin (1967) Being and Time, Tr. By J. Macquarrie and E. Robinson, Oxford: Blackwell. HEIDEGGER, Martin (1997) Tekniğe Yönelik Soru, İstanbul: Afa Yayınları. KANT, Immanuel (ed) (1991) Kant, Political Writings, ed. By Hans Reiss, Cambridge: Cambridge University Pres. KANT, Immanuel Aydınlanma Nedir, Seçilmiş Yazılar, çev. Nejat Bozkurt. Remzi kitabevi KUÇURADİ, Ioanna (1999) Nietzsche ve İnsan, Ioanna Kuçuradi, Ankara: Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu. MACINTYRE, Alasdair (2001) Ethik'in Kısa Tarihi: Homerik Çağdan Yirminci Yüzyıla, Çev. H. Hünler, S. Z. Hünler, İstanbul: Paradigma Yayınları. NIETZSCHE, Friedrich (1990) İyinin ve Kötünün Ötesinde: Bir Gelecek Felsefesini Açış, Çev. A. İnam, İstanbul: Ara Yayınları. NIETZSCHE Friedrich ( 2002) Güç İstenci: Bütün Değerleri Değiştiriş Denemesi, Çev. S. Umran, İstanbul: Birey Yayıncılık. NIETZSCHE Friedrich ( 2002) Putların Alacakaranlığı, Çev. İ.Z.Eyüpoğlu, İstanbul: Say Yayınları. OWEN, David ( 1995) Nietzsche, Politics and Modernity: A Critique of Liberal Reason, London: Sage Publication. PLATON, Gorgias, http://classics.mit.edu/Browse PLATON (1980) Devlet, Çev. S. Eyüboğlu, M. A. Cimcoz, İstanbul: Ramzi Kitabevi. RAPHAEL, David Daiches ( 1990) Problems of Political Philosophy, London: Macmillan Press. SCOTT, Charles E. (1996) On the Advantages an Disadvantages of Ethics and Politics, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indianapolis University Press. STRAUSS, Leo (1989) An Introduction to Political Philosophy, Detroit: Wayne State University Press. STRAUSS, Leo (2000) Politika Felsefesi Nedir? Çev. S. Z. Hünler, İstanbul: Paradigma Yayınları. WARREN, Mark (1991) Nietzsche and Political Thought, Cambridge: The MIT Press.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
30
Project
1
20
Total(%)
50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
50
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
1
1
1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
14
2
28
Preparation for Final exam
1
35
35
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
25
25
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
1
1
Homework
Project
1
20
20
Total Workload
152
Total Workload / 30
5,06
ECTS Credits of the Course
5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
