Course Name | Political Theory |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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PSIR 505 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | Second Cycle | |||||
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Course Objectives | This course is designed to introduce MA students to debates in political theory. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This seminar course involves a critical investigation of the classic texts of political philosophy and aims to explore some of the central concepts and controversies in the history of political thought. The course is also intended to be accessible to graduate students at any level with an interest in political theory. To this end, the course will examine some primary texts from the history of political thought as avenues for understanding both key concepts of politics (such as justice, freedom, equality, democracy, citizenship) and some contemporary schools and approaches in the field of political theory (such as liberalism, republicanism, critical theory and hermeneutics). |
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Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction: What is political theory? | Leo Strauss, What is political philosophy? –and other studies. Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, 1959. [p.9-56]. |
2 | Politics | Carl Schmitt, The Concept of the Political, Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 2007. [p.19-79]. |
3 | State and Political Obligations | Hannah Arendt, Civil Disobedience. In “Crises of the Republic”, San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1972. [pp.49-102] *Suggested movie: Leviathan (2014), Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev. |
4 | Justice | John Rawls, A Theory of Justice. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. [pp.3-22, 60-95]. |
5 | Equality | Ronald Dworkin, (a) Justice for Hedgehogs. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2011 [p. 1-19; 351-364]; (b) Sovereign Virtue. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002. [p.1-15]. *Suggested movie: I, Daniel Blake (2016), Director: Ken Loach. |
6 | Liberty | Isaiah Berlin, Two Concepts of Liberty [pp.167-217] |
7 | Rights | Charles Beitz, The Idea of Human Rights. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. [p.1-26; 198-212] *Suggested movie: Selma (2014), Director: Ava DuVernay. |
8 | Democracy | Jurgen Habermas, Between Facts and Norms. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1996. [Chapter7, pp.287-328]. *Suggested movie: 12 Angry Men (1957), Director: Sidney Lumet. |
9 | Identity, Tradition, Community | Charles Taylor, The Politics of Recognition. In “Multiculturalism and the politics of recognition”, ed. Amy Gutmann. Princeton: Princeton University Press. [pp. 25-73] *Suggested movie: Dogville (2003), Director: Lars Von Trier. |
10 | Cosmopolitanism | Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace. In “Kant: Political Writings”, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |
11 | Gender | Susan Moller Okin, Justice, Gender and the Family. New York: Basic Books, 1989. [p.3-24; 170-186] |
12 | Constitutionalism | Jeremy Waldron, Law and Disagreement. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2004. [Chapter 13, pp.282-312] |
13 | Concluding Remarks | |
14 | Review of the Semester | |
15 | Review of the Semester | |
16 | Review of the Semester |
Course Notes/Textbooks | All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources. |
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Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
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Presentation / Jury | 3 | 90 |
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Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 70 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 30 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 12 | 8 | 96 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | 3 | 27 | |
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Final Exams | |||
Total | 225 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To improve theoretical and conceptual proficiencies on Political Science and International Relations and to ultimately deepen and develop intellectual interest | X | ||||
2 | To evaluate the relationships between factors in the field of Political Science and International Relations such as structures, actors, institutions and culture in a critical perspective | X | ||||
3 | To provide advanced competences to determine and question the theoretical and emprical gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature | X | ||||
4 | To identify the political and cultual conditions that generate discrimination mechanisms based on race, ethnic groups, gender and religion at national and international levels | X | ||||
5 | To provide competences to develop original arguments in order to fill the gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature | X | ||||
6 | To determine, collect, resolve, and interpret the data that would measure the theories and concepts as variables by using scientific research methods in Political Science and International Relations field | X | ||||
7 | To use confidently the terms and concepts of Political Science and International Relations | X | ||||
8 | To communicate systematically, in written, oral, and visual forms, contemporary developments in Political Science and International Relations to groups inside and outside the said discipline | X | ||||
9 | To take responsibility in an individual capacity and as part of a team in generating solutions to unexpected problems that arise in relation to politics in daily life | X | ||||
10 | To develop projects determining the institutional and political instruments for management of domestic and international conflicts | X | ||||
11 | To prepare an orginal thesis/term project about Political Science and International Relations in accordance with scentific criteria | X | ||||
12 | To design and carry out a scientific research project in the field of Political Science and International Relations | X | ||||
13 | To have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to Political Science and International Relations | X |
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