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History of The Political Thoughts
Course Code: TAR438
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

From ancient Greece to the present day, all of the ideas put forward in the field of political philosophy regarding the regulation of the relations between the individual-society-state are the search for what the ideal government is. In this course, we will show that the search for the ideal government continues from the past to the present. We will try to answer the question of whether ideal government is possible or not. The question of ideal government or ideal man is still not a solved problem. However, it will be tried to be explained that the more honestly one can answer this question, the closer one will get to the ideal government. The views of philosophers, clergymen, politicians, etc. who are interested in this problem will be examined, and students will be told what the power balance and brake mechanisms are on how they can develop more ideal governance models in their own countries.

Course Content

To reveal the adventure of the development of humanity's thought from a very long prehistory and the long centuries that followed it to the present day with all its known and unknown aspects and to show clearly what stages the cultural fields, especially politics, have gone through in order to comprehend this history, which progresses from prehistory to the Ancient Age, from the Ancient Age to the Middle Ages, from the Middle Ages to the New Age. Information will be given about the functioning of the US political system, Presidential, Semi-Presidential, British political system. It will be explained that there are different practices on the control, limitation and use of power in all political systems. The mechanisms of power, checks and balances will be explained.

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