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Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
SSB507 - Enlightenment and Modern State I. SEMESTER 3 +0 6.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. FİKRET ÇELİK
Mode of Delivery The lecturer lectures, the course is discussed with the students, and the students present their assignments.
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Prerequisites No
Courses Recomended Modern State Theories, Modernization Theory, Political Ideologies.
Recommended Resources -Hampson, N. (1991), Aydınlanma Çağı, İstanbul: Hürriyet Vakfı Yayınları -Cassirer, E. (1984), Devlet Efsanesi, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.-Cevizci, A. (2002), Aydınlanma Felsefesi, Bursa: Ezgi Kitabevi.-Copleston, F. (2004), Aydınlanma, İstanbul: İdea Kitabevi.-Poggi, G. (2002), Modern Devletin Gelişimi, İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Course structure, topics and resource list
Week - 2 What is Enlightenment? Origins and conceptual framework
Week - 3 What is Enlightenment? What is not?
Week - 4 French Enlightenment and Its Characteristics
Week - 5 A Look at the Scottish Enlightenment and Other Enlightenment Schools
Week - 6 The Relationship between the Modern State and the Enlightenment
Week - 7 French Revolution and the Modern State
Week - 8 Midterm exam
Week - 9 Important Thinkers of the French Enlightenment-1
Week - 10 Important Thinkers of the French Enlightenment-2
Week - 11 Important Thinkers of the French Enlightenment-3
Week - 12 Important Thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment and Other Enlightenment Schools-1
Week - 13 Important Thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment and Other Enlightenment Schools-2
Week - 14 Final exam

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