TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Describe the main political ideas in Ancient Greece. 2) Define the naturalist philosophy. 3) Recognize the approaches of sophists. 4) Question the political ideas of Sokrates, Platon, and Aristoteles in terms of the relationship between political power and the individual. 5) Interpret the political ideas in the transition into Middle Ages and under the circumstances of feudality. 6) Identify the political tendencies reflecting the politicization of Christianity. 7) Recognize the characteristics of feudality. 8) Analyse the political ideas of Saint Thomas in terms of the relationship between church and political power. 9) Debate the theoretical background of the development of the modern state. 10) Compare the political ideas of N. Machiavelli, J. Bodin, and T. Hobbes in terms of the rise of the modern state. 11) Evaluate the political ideas of J. Locke and Montesquieu in terms of separation of the powers and limitation of the political power. 12) Debate the theoretical framework of J. J. Rousseau as the theorist of the nation-state. 13) Criticize the perspectives of the liberal and socialist thinkers. 14) Distinguish the contributions of John Locke, Benjamin Constant, Jeremy Bentham, and John Stuart Mill to liberalism. 15) Compare the utopian socialist views of Robert Owen, Saint Simon, and Charles Fourier. 16) Debate the views of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in terms of social classes, State and equality. 17) Interpret the views of Kautsky and Bernstein in terms of the construction of social democracy. 18) Expressed the view that in the context of the development of secularism Marsilius and William.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	The politicial developments in the years between 1789-1961 will be held.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Politics, political power, and State 2nd Week Social classes in Ancient Greece. 3rd Week Political organization in Ancient Greece. 4th Week The development of the naturalist philosophy, Herakleitos, and Sophists. 5th Week Politicization of Christianity. 6th Week Characteristics of Feudality. 7th Week The political ideas of Saint Thomas in terms of the relationship between church and political power 8th Week N. Machiavelli, J. Bodin, and T. Hobbes as theoretical reflections of the modern state. 9th Week Midterm Exam 10th Week The perspectives of Locke and Montesquieu in terms of the limitation of political power. 11th Week Distinctive features of liberalism and liberal thinkers: John Locke, Benjamin Constant, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill 12th Week Distinctive features of Utopian Socialism and the views of Robert Owen, Saint Simon, Charles Fourier 13th Week Distinctive features of Marxism and the perspectives of Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels 14th Week Characteristics of social democracy and the views of Kautsky and Bernstein
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Platon. Devlet *Machiavelli, Niccolo. Prens *Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan *Rousseau, Jean Jacques. Toplum Sözleşmesi *Marx K. ve Engels F.. Alman İdeolojisi
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No