Information Package / Course Catalogue
Political Philosophy
Course Code: FLSF611
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

Understanding of the problems and basic concepts of political philosophy from historical perspective.

Course Content

It will be investigated the problems of political philosophy, models of social and political organization and theories of politics. For this, it will be handled political managements according to ages such as first age, middle age, modern age e.t.c. and naturally contemporary age.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Understanding of the distinction between classical and modern political theories.
2.Exhibiting to the distinction between ‘politics’, ‘the political’ and ‘political philosophy’.
3.Understanding of historical transformations of concepts and problems of political philosophy.
4.Exhibiting to the distinction between ‘social problem’ and ‘political problems’.
5. Having an idea about contemporary democracy.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Plato, Republic
2.Aristotles, Politics
3.Machiavelli, The Prince
4.Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
5.Carl Schmitt, The Concept of Political
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
What is the political philosophy?
Week 2 - Theoretical
Modern debates about the political philosophy.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Classical concepts of the political philosophy.
Week 5 - Theoretical
The political philosophy of Plato.
Week 6 - Theoretical
The political philosophy of Aristotle.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Stoa: the rise of the social.
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm
Week 9 - Theoretical
Aquinas and Machiavelli.
Week 10 - Theoretical
The theory of social contract.
Week 11 - Theoretical
The concept of contract in Hobbes, Locke and Spinoza.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Rousseau and Kant: the regeneration of political problem.
Week 13 - Theoretical
The political conceptualizations in contemporary philosophy.
Week 14 - Theoretical
The contemporary political philosophy and public sphere.
Week 15 - Theoretical
Grasps of discursive democracy.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory151360
Seminar18210
Reading50210
Midterm Examination118220
Final Examination118220
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)120
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
3
OÇ-2
4
OÇ-3
5
OÇ-4
4
OÇ-5
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026