COURSE SYLLABUS

CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORIES

1	Course Title:	CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORIES
2	Course Code:	FEL6122
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	No
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. FUNDA GÜNSOY TUROWSKİ
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. Funda GÜNSOY TUROWSKI
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	fundagk@uludag.edu.tr Uludağ Üniversitesi Felsefe Bölümü Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, 16059 Görükle, Bursa - Türkiye. Tel: +90 224 2941823
18	Website:	http://felsefe.uludag.edu.tr/site/node/169
19	Objective of the Course:	The objective of this course is to address in a detailed manner the themes, problems and theories that holds an important place in contemporary political philosophy.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To gain a critical awareness of contemporary problems by learning the main thought lines of contemporary political philosophy.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Thinking in conceptual and practical horizons of contemporary political theory;
2	Be able to view the history of philosophy as the history of problems.;
3	Be able to identify breaking moments, paradigmatic transformations and continuities in history of modern Western political thought.;
4	Ability to make comparisons;
5	To look critically;
6	Dealt with the impact of problems to choose on today;
7	Be aware of alternative visions.;
8	to see directly or indirectly effect on political area of philosophy ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Contemporary Political Theory as an Anti-Enlightenment Project
2	Hermeneutics and Politics
3	Hermeneutics and Politics
4	Hermeneutics and Politics
5	Phenomenology and Politics
6	Phenomenology and Politics
7	Phenomenology and Politics
8	Midterm Exam
9	Structuralism, post-structuralism and politics
10	Structuralism, post-structuralism and politics
11	Feminism and politics
12	Feminism and politics
13	Feminism and politics
14	General evaluation

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Goodin, R. and Pettit, P.(eds.) (2006) Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Anthology (Blackwell, Oxford). Goodin, R. and Pettit, P.(eds.) (1993) A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy (Blackwell,Oxford). Kymlicka, W. (2001) Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction (Oxford, Oxford University Press). Rosen, Stanley, Hermeneutics as Politics, Yale University Press, 2003. Kelly, Michael, Hermeneutics and Critical Theory in Ethics and Politics, 1990. Connolly, William E. 1981. Appearance and Reality in Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press. Dallmayr, Fred G., and Thomas McCarthy eds. 1977. Understanding and Social Inquiry. South Bend: University of Notre Dame Press. Dilthey, Wilhelm. 1999. Selected Works: Hermeneutics and the Study of History. Edited with an Introduction by Rudolf Makkreel and Frithjof Rodi. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Gadamer, Hans-Georg. 1989. Truth and Method. New York: Continuum Press. Sandel, Michael. 1998. Liberalism and the Limits of Justice, second edition. New York: Cambridge University Press. Taylor, Charles. 1967. “Neutrality in Political Science.” Peter Laslett and Garry Runciman, Philosophy, Politics and Society, 3rd series.Oxford: Oxford University Press.. Taylor, Charles. 1971. “Interpretation and the Sciences of Man.” Review of Metaphysics 25 (September): 3–51. Taylor, Charles. 1985a. Human Agency and Language: Philosophical Papers 1. New York: Cambridge University Press. Taylor, Charles. 1985b. Philosophy and the Human Sciences: Philosophical Papers 2. New York: Cambridge University Press. Taylor, Charles. 2002. “Understanding the Other: A Gadamerian View on Conceptual Schemes,” In Gadamer’s Century: Essays in Honor of Hans-Georg Gadamer, ed. Malpas et al. Cambridge: MIT Press Thomshon, Kevin, Phenomenology of the Political, Springer Press, 2000.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	A midterm exam and a final exam
Information	After the 7-week course, a midterm exam and a final exam at the end of the semester are held . The student must be prepared for the course before the course and actively participate to the course.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	0	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	60	60
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	78	78
Total WorkLoad			180
Total workload/ 30 hr			6
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

	PQ1	PQ2	PQ3	PQ4	PQ5	PQ6	PQ7	PQ8	PQ9	PQ10	PQ11	PQ12
LO1	4	4	5	4	3	4	5	5	4	5	3	4
LO2	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4
LO3	5	5	4	5	2	5	3	4	3	3	3	4
LO4	4	4	0	5	3	2	4	4	3	4	3	3
LO5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	3	3
LO6	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
LO7	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
LO8	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High