The course gives a comprehensive overview to the
modern political ideologies. It starts off with the concept of ideology itself,
in both historical and contemporary context, by paying attention to different
approaches to ideology vs discourse. We examine major ideologies in a way
to discuss the theoretical considerations first, and then the impact of these
ideas. The course aim to put these ideologies into the context of social and
political practice. Beside some classic ideologies (liberalism, conservatism,
socialism, anarchism, fascism, nationalism etc.) which all had significant
impact in the history of ideas, we will discuss those ones which emerged more
recently on global level. At the end, the role of ideologues and intellectuals
will also be discussed.
- Teacher: Serdar Yurtsever