ECTS - Political Psychology
Political Psychology (KAM318) Course Detail
Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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Political Psychology | KAM318 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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Course Language | Turkish |
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Course Type | N/A |
Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer. |
Course Lecturer(s) |
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Course Objectives | KAM 318 Political Psychology elective course examines the behavior of the people, which started to have a great importance as a political actor as a result of the democratization tendencies since the 18th century, and its relationship with the government. It takes into account the classical texts that examine the fascist/totalitarian ideologies and regimes, especially in the years of World War II, through mass psychology. In this context, students will study the texts of important thinkers and psychoanalysts such as Gustave Le Bon, Sigmund Freud, Erich Fromm, Hannah Arendt. |
Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Content | Identities; group behaviour; cults of leadership; voting behaviour; impacts of the media; ethnic conflicts; nationalism; social movements. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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1 | Introduction | Syllabus |
2 | On Crowds | Gustave Le Bon, Kitleler Psikolojisi, (İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2018). |
3 | The Mass Psychology of Fascism | Sigmund Freud, Kitle Psikolojisi, (İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2015). Sigmund Freud, Savaş ve Ölüm Üzerine, (İstanbul: Oda Yayınları, 2018). |
4 | On Fascism, the Totalitarian State, Democracy and Freedom | Erich Fromm, Özgürlükten Kaçış, (İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2015). |
5 | The Banality of Evil | Hannah Arendt, Kötülüğün Sıradanlığı: Adolf Eichmann Kudüs’te, (İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 2009). Hannah Arendt, Totalitarizmin Kaynakları 3: Totalitarizm, (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2014).* |
6 | Individual in Repressive Regimes | Viktor E. Frankl, İnsanın Anlam Arayışı, (İstanbul: OkuyanUs Yayınları, 2009). |
7 | Midterm | |
8 | Midterm | |
9 | On Victims of Fascist Regimes | Bernhard Schlink, Okuyucu, (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 1997). Film: The Reader (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0976051/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)* |
10 | An Overview of Psychoanalysis | Class notes |
11 | The Unrest of Civilization (I) | Sigmund Freud, Uygarlığın Huzursuzluğu, (İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 1999). |
12 | The Unrest of Civilization (II) | Sigmund Freud, Uygarlığın Huzursuzluğu, (İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 1999) |
13 | Listen, little man! | Wilhelm Reich, Dinle Küçük Adam, (İstanbul: Cem Yayınları, 2018). |
14 | Conclusion | Completion of the lesson with a review. |
Sources
Course Book | 1. - Gustave Le Bon, Kitleler Psikolojisi, (İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2018). |
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2. - Sigmund Freud, Kitle Psikolojisi, (İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2015). | |
3. - Erich Fromm, Özgürlükten Kaçış, (İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2015). | |
4. - Hannah Arendt, Kötülüğün Sıradanlığı: Adolf Eichmann Kudüs’te, (İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 2009). | |
5. - Hannah Arendt, Totalitarizmin Kaynakları 3: Totalitarizm, (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2014). | |
6. - Viktor E. Frankl, İnsanın Anlam Arayışı, (İstanbul: OkuyanUs Yayınları, 2009). | |
7. - Bernhard Schlink, Okuyucu, (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 1997). | |
8. - Sigmund Freud, Uygarlığın Huzursuzluğu, (İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 1999). | |
9. - Sigmund Freud, Savaş ve Ölüm Üzerine, (İstanbul: Oda Yayınları, 2018). | |
10. - Wilhelm Reich, Dinle Küçük Adam, (İstanbul: Cem Yayınları, 2018). |
Evaluation System
Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
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Attendance/Participation | 1 | 20 |
Laboratory | - | - |
Application | - | - |
Field Work | - | - |
Special Course Internship | - | - |
Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
Homework Assignments | - | - |
Presentation | - | - |
Project | - | - |
Report | - | - |
Seminar | - | - |
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 40 |
Final Exam/Final Jury | - | - |
Toplam | 2 | 60 |
Percentage of Semester Work | |
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Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
Total | 100 |
Course Category
Core Courses | |
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Major Area Courses | X |
Supportive Courses | |
Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
# | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | Learning the basic concepts, theories and methods of political science and Public Administration and their use in the analysis of national and global political developments, cause-and-effect relations. | X | ||||
2 | Understanding how policies are created and implemented in real life at local, national, regional and/or global levels, recognizing important institutions and actors playing a role in these processes, knowing the functioning of Public Administration. | |||||
3 | Gaining a basic level of knowledge about other fields related to political science and public administration disciplines (such as International Relations, Sociology, Psychology, cultural studies, economics, law, history) and thus having an interdisciplinary understanding that takes into account the relations between different areas of life and establishes connections. | X | ||||
4 | Learning the use of quantitative and/or qualitative research techniques that can be used in the field of political science and public administration, software, hardware and/or technical tools that can be useful; gaining experience in designing and executing research projects to develop their application skills in this field. | |||||
5 | Developing the ability to be open-minded, avoid discrimination, and be sensitive and respectful to different points of view through the promotion of critical analytical thinking, intellectual discussion, and lifelong learning, thereby developing the skills to act jointly. | |||||
6 | Development of decision-making and initiative, job completion and time management competencies by understanding business ethics in public administration, politics and all related areas. | |||||
7 | Development of communication skills, oral and written expression, presentation techniques; learning the principles and procedures that are required to write an academic article on the disciplines of political science and public administration. | |||||
8 | Mastering English terminology in the disciplines of political science and Public Administration and acquiring a level of foreign language knowledge that can help to follow studies written in English, so that current political events and cases in various countries can be analyzed comparatively. | |||||
9 | Knowing both the Turkish and world political history in terms of periods, important milestones and actors, understanding the impact of the social-historical backgrounds of countries on current political and administrative issues. |
ECTS/Workload Table
Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Laboratory | |||
Application | |||
Special Course Internship | |||
Field Work | |||
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
Project | |||
Report | |||
Homework Assignments | |||
Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 21 | 21 |
Total Workload | 125 |