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CLASSICAL POLITICAL THOUGHT COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
POL211 CLASSICAL POLITICAL THOUGHT 3 3 3 6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - Introductory lecture: History of political thought Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
2 Balot 37-47, Coleman 21-45. Polis and politics in Ancient Greece Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
3 Balot, 113-120, 131-137 Sophists and Socrates Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
4 Coleman 81-115, Balot, 197- 226 Platon: the Republic Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
5 Coleman 178-227, Balot, 227- 265 Aristotle Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
6 Balot, 280- 297 Epicureanism and Stoicism Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
7 Coleman 234-243, Strauss 155-176 Rome: Polybios and Cicero Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Coleman, 300-307, 310- 319, 325-336 Institutionalism of Christianism: Paul ve Augustine Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
10 - Saint Thomas Aquinas: Doctrine of the Two Swords Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
11 - Saint Thomas Aquinas: Doctrine of the Two Swords Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
12 - Dante and William of Ockham Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
13 - Marsilius of Padua Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
14 - Student Presentations I Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
15 - Student Presentations II Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -