Information Package / Course Catalogue
History of Political Thoughts
Course Code: INR106
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to inform students about the sociological, economic sources of political ideas, and give them the ability to resolve the psychological causes that contributes on the development of those ideas.

Course Content

In this course, the process of civilization and the political thinking will be examined from the beginning to the present of the civilization. Moreover, the reflection of political factors that affects the political purposes of political ideas which are being produced, which lead to political consequences will be resolved. In this context, the political thinking systematic of Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Seneca, Augustine, St. Thomas, Thomas More, Machiavelli, Hobbes, John Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau will be discussed and analyzed.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to comprehend the relationship between modern political ideologies and thoughts that were generated in the early periods of the history of political thought.
2.To be able to comprehend the origins and diverse meanings of debated concepts of state, power, society, freedom and equality from the point of the history of political thought.
3.To be able to get information about the origin of human rights in the context of political thought.
4.To be able to analyze the transition processes of Medieval era, Renaissance and Reformation which they study in diplomatic history courses.
5.To be able to prepare assignments that reflect their utopia and take a step for generating political thought.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Coleman, J. (2000). A history of political thought. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Primitive Community and Thought
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Course Material
Week 2 - Theoretical
Transition primitive to civilized society and civilization spread of community
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Course Material
Week 3 - Theoretical
Social Developments in the pre-Greek Civilizations, Religious and Political Thought: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia and Crete Civilizations
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Course Material
Week 4 - Theoretical
Advances in Social and Political Thought in the Greek contemporaries Civilisations: Persian, Indian and Chinese Civilization
Week 4 - Preparation Work
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Week 5 - Theoretical
Social and Political Thought in Ancient Greece: Heraclitus, Democritus, Pythagoras, Socrates and the Sophists
Week 5 - Preparation Work
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Week 6 - Theoretical
Social and Political Thought in Ancient Greece: Kynikler, Antisthenes, Diogenes, Pericles, Plato, the Epicureans, Stoics and the Alexandrian school.
Week 6 - Preparation Work
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Week 7 - Theoretical
Revision for Midterm
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exams
Week 9 - Theoretical
Social and Political Thought in Rome: Polybios, Cicero, Seneca.
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Course Material
Week 10 - Theoretical
World Social and Political Thought in Medieval Latin
Week 10 - Preparation Work
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Week 11 - Theoretical
Social Developments and Political Thought in Byzantium
Week 11 - Preparation Work
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Week 12 - Theoretical
Society and Political Thought in the Modern Age:Luther, Calvin, Machiavelli, Bodin and Hobbes
Week 12 - Preparation Work
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Week 13 - Theoretical
Social and Political Thought in the Modern Age: Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau.
Week 13 - Preparation Work
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Week 14 - Theoretical
Sample reading passages
Week 14 - Preparation Work
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Week 15 - Theoretical
Sample reading passages
Week 15 - Preparation Work
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Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Exams
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination114115
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)96
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2026