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POLS 338

Cosmopolis: From the Roman to the Ottoman and British Empires

Most political theory fixates on the polis or the modern state, leaving the empire, the universal city, or cosmopolis, strangely under-theorized; this course asks why, tracing how thinkers inside and outside the Roman, Byzantine, Holy Roman, Ottoman, Austrian, and British empires tried to make conceptual sense of rule without borders. You'll read across philosophy, history, and literature, from Stoic cosmopolitanism and Augustine to Hegel and Schmitt, and wrestle with primary sources like the Res Gestae alongside modern commentary. It's an upper-level theory elective that rewards comfort with abstract argument, and it reshapes how you read everything else in the political thought sequence by showing what the canon left out.

Kredi3ECTS5FakülteFaculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social SciencesBölümPolitical Science and Public AdministrationKoordinatörJohn James Alexander

Haftalık müfredat 14 hafta

Hafta 114–20 Eyl
Giriş: polis, imperium ve cosmopolis idealleri
INTRODUCTION. Philosophical ideals of polis, imperium, cosmopolis.
polisimperiumcosmopolis
Hafta 221–27 Eyl
Bereketli Hilal coğrafyası ve dillerin yayılımı
Objective geography. On the geography of the fertile crescent. Garth Fowden, part of ch. 1 of Empire to Commonwealth: Consequences of Monotheism in Late Antiquity (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993), pp. 12-19. Miscellaneous maps and an account of Eratosthenes’s calculation of the size of the earth. Transition: languages. Nicholas Ostler, sect. on Turkish etc in Empires of the Word (Harper Collins, 2005), pp. 105-112.
Garth FowdenEratosthenesNicholas Ostlerfertile crescent
Hafta 328 Eyl – 4 Eki
Öznel coğrafya: Roma, Yunan ve tarih bilinci
Subjective geography. On Roman and Greek geography. Claude Nicolet, ch. 3 of Geography and Politics in Early Roman Empire (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1991), pp. 57-84. Carl Schmitt, The Nomos of the Earth trans. G.L.Ulmen (New York: Telos Press, 2003), pp. 42-55, 86-100. Historical consciousness. G.W.F. Hegel, ‘The Natural Context of the Geographical Basis of World History’, Lectures on the Philosophy of World History: Introduction trans. H.B. Nisbet (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975), pp. 152-196.
Claude NicoletCarl SchmittHegelhistorical consciousness
Hafta 45–11 Eki
Polis'ten sonra ne? Helenistik siyaset
From polis to what? Hans Kelsen, ‘The Philosophy of Aristotle and the Hellenic-Macedonian Policy’, The International Journal of Ethics 48 (1937), p. 1-64. Peter Green, ‘The Metamorphosis of the Barbarian: Athenian Panhellenism in a Changing World’ in Transitions to Empire: Essays in Greco-Roman History 360-146 BC eds. Wallace and Harris (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996), pp. 5-36.
polisHans KelsenPeter GreenAthenian Panhellenism
Hafta 512–18 Eki
Kozmopolis: Kynikler ve Stoacılar
Cosmopolis: Cynics and Stoics. Excerpts from texts on Alexander, Zeno etc in Ernest Barker, From Alexander to Constantine (Oxford: Clarendon, 1956), pp. 1-19, 22-23, 40-43. ‘Diogenes Cosmopolitanism’, Appendix H from Malcolm Schofield, The Stoic Idea of the City (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991), pp. 141-45. Malcolm Schofield, ‘Social and Political Thought’ in The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy ed. Schofield, Burnyeat, Barnes (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989), pp. 739-70.
CosmopolisCynicsStoicsZeno
Hafta 619–25 Eki
Imperium: Roma Cumhuriyeti ve imparatorluğu
Imperium: Roman Republic and imperium. Richard Koebner, ch 1 from Imperium (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961), pp. 1-17. Ernest Barker, ‘The Conception of Empire’ in The Legacy of Rome ed. Cyril Bailey (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1951), pp. 45-89. Imperium: Roman Empire. Augustus, Res Gestae.
imperiumRichard KoebnerErnest BarkerRes Gestae
Hafta 726 Eki – 1 Kas
Imperium/Cosmopolis: İsrail geleneği ve Hristiyanlık
Imperium/Cosmopolis: The Israelite tradition. Various texts (Daniel, the Gospel of John, Pauls’ Letter to the Romans) Christianity. Reinhold Niebuhr, ‘Augustine’s Political Realism’, The Essential Reinhold Niebuhr: Selected Essays and Addresses ed. R.M. Brown (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1976), pp. 123-41. Byzantium, Islam, Russia etc.
Imperium/CosmopolisIsraelite traditionReinhold NiebuhrByzantium
Hafta 82–8 Kas
Imperium: Kutsal Roma İmparatorluğu ve denizaşırı imparatorluklar
Imperium: Holy Roman Empire. Walter Ullmann, ‘Reflections on the Medieval Empire’, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 14 (1964), pp. 89-108. States and Overseas Empires. G.V. Scammell, ‘The New Worlds and Europe in the Sixteenth Century’ Historical Journal 12 (1969), pp. 389-412. *** jstor ***
Holy Roman EmpireWalter UllmannG.V. Scammelloverseas empires
Hafta 99–15 Kas
'Empire' kavramının anlam değişimi
Imperium: The shift in the meaning of ‘empire’. Richard Koebner, ‘From Imperium to Empire’, in Imperium, pp. 18-60 Robert Lowe, ‘Imperialism’, The Fortnightly Review 24 (1878), pp. 453-65.
ImperiumempireRichard KoebnerRobert Lowe
Hafta 1016–22 Kas
Kozmopolis: Aydınlanma ve Kant
Cosmopolis: Enlightenment and Kant. Immanuel Kant, ‘Perpectual Peace (1795) in Philosophical Writings ed. Behler (1986), pp. 270-311. Modernity. Carl Schmitt, ‘The New Nomos of the Earth’ in The Nomos of the Earth, pp. 351-55. Danilo Zolo, ‘Hans Kelsen: International Peace through International Law’.
Perpetual PeaceKantCarl SchmittHans Kelsen
Hafta 1123–29 Kas
Imperium: modern imperialism ve ekonomik boyutu
Imperium: Modern Imperialism. Richard Koebner, ‘The Concept of Economic Imperialism’, The Economic History Review 2nd ser. 2 (1949), pp. 1-29 *** jstor **** Chapters from Koebner and Schmidt, Imperialism, pp. 250-300.
modern imperialismRichard Koebnereconomic imperialismSchmidt
Hafta 1230 Kas – 6 Ara
Emperyalizm ve Amerikan imparatorluğu tartışması
Lenin, ‘Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (Moscow, 1934), pp. 73-83. Niall Ferguson, ‘The Limits of American Empire’ in Colossus: The Rise and Fall of American Empire (London: penguin, 2004), pp. 34-104. Samuel Huntington, Who are we? (2004), pp. 366-70.
Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of CapitalismNiall Ferguson, ColossusSamuel Huntington, Who are we?
Hafta 137–13 Ara
Kozmopolis: Modern Kozmopolitanizm
Cosmopolis: Modern Cosmopolitanism. ‘Cosmopolitanism’ in International Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences. David Held, ‘Principles of Cosmopolitan Order’ in The Political Philosophy of Cosmopolitanism (2005).
cosmopolitanismDavid Heldcosmopolitan order
Hafta 1414–20 Ara
Waldron'a göre kozmopolit nedir
Jeremy Waldron, ‘What is Cosmopolitan?’ The Journal of Political Philosophy 8 (2000), pp. 227-243.
Jeremy WaldronWhat is Cosmopolitan?The Journal of Political Philosophy

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