COURSE UNIT TITLE

: KANTIANISM IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAKAN ÇÖREKCIOĞLU

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

This course aims to study the reception of Kantian notions and concepts in contemporary political thought and to
investigate how these conceptions can be useful vis-à-vis political problems today. Accordingly, we will also be
studying the main figures of contemporary political thought such as Arendt, Habermas, Lyotard, Höffe, O Neil.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to understand the Kantian notions and concepts
2   to analyze and discuss the evolution process of political thought.
3   to examine the contemporary political discussions
4   to develop students skills of critical reading.
5   to employ the theoretical perspectives to analyze philosophical texts.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: presentation of the lecture
2 Analysis of Kantian main notions and concepts
3 Analysis of Kant s Political Philosophy
4 The main problems of contemporary political problems
5 The Kantian concepts and lines in Arendt and Habermas
6 The Kantian concepts and Line in Lyotard and O'Neill
7 Interpretation of Kant in Höffe.
8 Midterm exam
9 Text analysis and presentation
10 Text analysis and presentation
11 Text analysis and presentation
12 Text analysis and presentation
13 Text analysis and presentation
14 Wrap-up

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Kant, Kant: Political Writings, Ed. H.S. Reiss, Cambridge University Press, 1991
2. Çörekçioğlu Hakan (ed.), Kant Felsefesinin Politik Evreni, Ayrıntı Yayınları, 2018
3. Hutchings, Kimberly, Kant, Critique, and Politics, Routledge, 1995
4. Kneller, Jane, Axinn Sidney, Autonomy and Community: Readings in contemporary Kantian Social Philosophy, Sunny Press 1998.
5. Makkreel, A. Rudolf, Luft, Sebastian (Ed.) Neo-Kantianism in Contemporary Philosophy, Indiana University Press., 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, in class discussions, assignments and presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Will be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Any kind of plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action.
3. Preparation to weekly lectures (reading the respective material) and contribution to in class discussion is obligatory.
4. Students prepare presentations about topics given by the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakan.corekcioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 8 96
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 1 40 40
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 241

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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