Information Package / Course Catalogue
Civilization Theses and The Next Century
Course Code: TRH621
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To educate individuals who learn the past, to solve the present and built the future, by this way, to prepare themselves and our country for the future.

Course Content

That Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations and Francis Fukuyama's End of History theses are not simple theses and it will be explained that global great powers are reflections of their academic conflicts. How the writers and expounders of history in the direction of the demands of the great powers want to establish a World with these theses and how they look to the future will be discussed.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Uğur TATLISUMAK
Learning Outcomes
1.To know the global powers' civilization theses
2.To understand how global forces interpret history
3.To understand the manipulation of civilization theses
4.To gain the ability to think independently and strategically
5.To gain the ability to think independently and strategically
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Ziya Gökalp (Hars ve Medeniyet)
2.Uğur Tatlısumak (Doktora Tezi)
3.Tarihin Sonu Mu? (Der. Mustafa Aydın)
4.Paul Kennedy (Büyük Güçler)
5.Huntington (Medeniyetler Çatışması)
6.Christopher Bertram, Andrew Chitty (Tarihin Sonu Mu?)
7.Jack Goody (Tarih Hırsızlığı)
8.Francis Fıkuyama (Tarihin Sonu)
9.William Engdahl (Amerikan Yüzyılının Çöküşü)
10.George Fridman (Gelecek Yüzyıl)
11.Uğur Tatlısumak- Karl Marx (Manifesto)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Concepts of Civilization and Modernization
Week 2 - Theoretical
Touchstone of Civilization
Week 3 - Theoretical
What is Civilization Thesis? Why and How was improved?
Week 4 - Theoretical
The Collapse of The Ottoman State and Economic Fault Lines
Week 5 - Theoretical
Huntington's Thesis of Clash of Civilizations
Week 6 - Theoretical
Is it the Clash of Civilizations? Or Is it the Crisis of Civilizations?
Week 7 - Theoretical
Is it the Clash of Civilizations? Or Is it the Crisis of Civilizations?
Week 8 - Theoretical
Francis Fukuyama's End of History Thesis
Week 9 - Theoretical
The Theft of History and Civilization
Week 10 - Theoretical
Can The Theory of Universe of intelligences Be A Theoretical Answer To The Conflicts?
Week 11 - Theoretical
The New World Crisis: The Beginning of the New Era
Week 12 - Theoretical
Changing Power Supply and Potential Civilization Centers
Week 13 - Theoretical
Civilization-Power and Woodworm
Week 14 - Theoretical
Predictions on the Future of the World and Turkey
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1409126
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)128
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
4
OÇ-2
2
OÇ-3
4
OÇ-4
5
OÇ-5
1
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026