COURSE UNIT TITLE

: READINGS OF THE 20TH CENTURY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 7056 READINGS OF THE 20TH CENTURY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

PHILOSOPHY, NON-THESIS (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DOĞAN GÖÇMEN

Offered to

PHILOSOPHY, NON-THESIS (Evening)

Course Objective

Investigating the fundamental isues of the philosophy of history based on the hermeneutic tradition.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to comprehend the general systematics of hermeneutic tradition.
2   Being able to comprehend the fundamental problems of the philosophy of history.
3   Being able to discuss and transfer the solution offers.
4   Being able to catch new philosophical problems.
5   Being able to groung those.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is History
2 What is the philosophy of history
3 Hermeneutic tradition
4 Interpreting the history texts
5 Explaining and understanding
6 The priority of interpretation
7 Textual expression
8 Midterm exam
9 Intertextuality
10 Dialogue as a method of understanding
11 Text interpretation
12 Text interpretation
13 The problem of interpretation of the pieces of art
14 Individuality and types

Recomended or Required Reading

Hayden White Metatarih, çev. Mehmet Küçük, Ankara: Dost Kitabevi Yayınları, 2008
W. Dilthey, Hermeneutik ve Tin bilimleri, çev. Doğan Özlem, Istanbul: Paradigma, 1999.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

See "Assessment Methods" and "ECTS Table"

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3 will be evaluated by his/her presentation
LO 4-5 will be evaluated by the assignment of the student and by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 attendance is required.
2. The participation in presentation activity will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Kubilay Aysevener
0232 301 87 36
kubilay.aysevener@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 135

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.15555
LO.25
LO.355
LO.455
LO.55445