Information Package / Course Catalogue
History of Political Thought I
Course Code: KAY301
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

The main purpose of the course is to explore the main ideas related to state or power starting from Ancient Greek

Course Content

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Belgin TARHAN
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to comprehend the importance and the effect of other periods of ancient Greek thought.
2.To be able to comprehend the importance of the history of Roman thought.
3.To be able to develop a critical approach on the period of the Middle Ages.
4.To be able to comprehend the changes of Political Philosophy of justice, the fundamental issues of power.
5. understand the origins and historical context of contemporary ideas of political science
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Alaaddin ŞENEL, Siyasal Düşünceler Tarihi, Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul, 2010.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Primitive Community and Thought
Week 2 - Theoretical
Transition from primitive to civilized society and the spread of civilization
Week 3 - Theoretical
Social Developments in the pre-Greek Civilizations, Religious and Political Thought: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia and Crete Civilizations
Week 4 - Theoretical
Advances in Social and Political Thought in the Greek contemporaries Civilisations: Persian, Indian and Chinese Civilization
Week 5 - Theoretical
Social and Political Thought in Ancient Greece: Heraclitus, Democritus, Pythagoras, Socrates and the Sophists.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Social and Political Thought in Ancient Greece: Kynikler, Antisthenes, Diogenes, Pericles, Plato, the Epicureans, Stoics and the Alexandrian school.
Week 7 - Theoretical
World Social and Political Thought in Medieval Latin
Week 8 - Theoretical
Advances in Social and Political Thought in Byzantium
Week 9 - Intermediate Exam
Midterms
Week 10 - Intermediate Exam
Midterms
Week 11 - Theoretical
Society of Political Thought in Modern Times: Luther, Calvin, Machiavelli, Bodin and Hobbes.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Social and Political Thought in Modern Times: Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Sample reading passages
Week 14 - Theoretical
Sample reading passages
Week 15 - Theoretical
Sample reading passages
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory130339
Individual Work130452
Midterm Examination127128
Final Examination131132
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)151
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026