HIST 410/SOCI 410/INTL 460
Fall 2013
Monday and Wednesday:
15:30-16:45 CASB33
Dilek Barlas
Office Hours, Wednesday: 10:00-12:00
E-Mail: dbarlas@ku.edu.tr
Telephone no. 338 1408
History of Ideologies
Course Description:
This course covers ideologies originated in Europe. Furthermore, it discusses the development of these
ideologies in non-European societies. It deals with Nationalism, Liberalism, Imperialism, Marxism,
Social-Democracy and Fascism from a historical perspective. Moreover, it includes more contemporary
topics such as Orientalism, Feminism and Globalism.
Course Requirements:
Grading will be as follows:
1) Discussion Session: 30
-Essay questions: 15
-Discussion: 15
Mid-term: 35%
Final Exam: 35%
***It is required that you attend classes
 It is required that students do not miss the exams (in the case of illness, a valid medical excuse has
to be submitted within 3 days of absence).
Academic Honesty: Koç University expects all its students to perform course-related activities in accordance
with the rules set forth in the Student Code of Conduct (http://vpaa.ku.edu.tr/academic/student-code-of-conduct).
Actions considered as academic dishonesty at Koç University include but are not limited to cheating, plagiarism,
collusion, and impersonating. This statement’s goal is to draw attention to cheating and plagiarism related actions
deemed unacceptable within the context of Student Code of Conduct: All individual assignments must be
completed by the student himself/herself, and all team assignments must be completed by the members of the
team, without the aid of other individuals. If a team member does not contribute to the written documents or
participate in the activities of the team, his/her name should not appear on the work submitted for evaluation.
Plagiarism is defined as ‘borrowing or using someone else’s written statements or ideas without giving written
acknowledgement to the author’. Students are encouraged to conduct research beyond the course material, but
they must not use any documents prepared by current or previous students, or notes prepared by instructors at Koç
University or other universities without properly citing the source. Furthermore, students are expected to adhere
to the Classroom Code of Conduct (http://vpaa.ku.edu.tr/academic/classroom-code-of-conduct) and to refrain
from all forms of unacceptable behavior during lectures. Failure to adhere to expected behavior may result in
disciplinary action. There are two kinds of plagiarism: Intentional and accidental. Intentional plagiarism
(Example: Using a classmate’s homework as one’s own because the student does not want to spend time working
on that homework) is considered intellectual theft, and there is no need to emphasize the wrongfulness of this act.
Accidental plagiarism, on the other hand, may be considered as a ‘more acceptable’ form of plagiarism by some
students, which is certainly not how it is perceived by the University administration and faculty. The student is
responsible from properly citing a source if he/she is making use of another person’s work.
If you are unsure whether the action you will take would be a violation of Koç University’s Student Code of
Conduct, please consult with your instructor before taking that action.
Readings: The readings are electronically available at:
http://libunix.ku.edu.tr/search~S9?/rhist/rhist/1%2C3%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=rhist+410&1%2C1%2C/indexsort =-
The reader includes the chapters of the following books and articles:
Arneil, Barbara. Politics and Feminism (Oxford: Blackwell, 1999)
Terence Ball & Richard Dagger, Ideals and Ideologies (NY: Harper Collins, 1995)
Ben-Rafael, Eliezer and Yitzhak Sternberg eds. Identity, Culture and Globalization (Leiden: Brill, 2001)
Bernstein, Eduard. The Preconditions of Socialism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993)
Earle, Edward M. ed. Makers of Modern Strategy (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1941)
Griffen, Roger Fascism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995)
Heywood, Andrew. Political Ideologies (NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1998)
Hobsbawn, E.J. The Age of Revolution 1789-1848 (NY: New American Library, 1962)
Hutchinson, John & Anthony D. Smith, eds. Nationalism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994)
Kautsky, John H. Karl Kautsky (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 1994)
Keynes, John Maynard. General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (NY: Harbinger, 1964)
Love, Nancy S. ed. Dogmas and Dreams: Political Ideologies in the Modern World (N.J: Chatham
House Publishers, 1991)
Lenin, V. I. Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1975)
Payne, Stanley G. A history of Fascism 1914-1945 (Wisconsin: the University of Wisconsin Press, 1995)
Robertson, Roland. Globalization (London: Sage Publictions, 1992)
Roosevelt, Theodore. The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses (NY: The Century Co., 1905)
Said, Edward W. Orientalism (NY: Vintage Books, 1978)
Course Schedule
Week I: Week I: September 16-18
Introduction
Week II: September 23-25
Nationalism in Europe
Max Weber, “The Nation” in Nationalism, pp: 21-25
Edward H. Carr, “Three Phases of Nationalism” in Nationalism pp: 243-245
Alfred Cobban, “The Rise of the Nation-State System” in Nationalism, pp: 245-250
Peter Sugar, “Nationalism in Eastern Europe” in Nationalism, pp: 171-77
Week III: September 30-October 2
Versions of Nationalism
Eric Hobsbawm, “The Nation as Invented Tradition” in Nationalism, pp: 76-83
Benedict Anderson, “Imagined Communities” in Nationalism, pp: 89-96
Partha Chatterjee, “National History and its Exclusions” in Nationalism, pp: 209-214
Week IV: October 7-9
Progress versus Conservatism
Edmund Burke, “Reflections on the Revolution in France” in Dogmas and Dreams, pp:133-45
Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution, pp: 258-264 and 277-298
Week V: October 14-16
Holiday (Bayram)
Week VI: October 21-23
Political Liberalism
Andrew Heywood, Political Ideologies, pp: 24-50
Terence Ball & Richard Dagger, pp: 70-96 and 106-116
Week VII: October 28-30
Economic Liberalism
Andrew Heywood, Political Ideologies, pp: 50-65
Terence Ball & Richard Dagger, pp: 102-106
John Maynard Keynes, General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, pp: 372-384
Milton Friedman, “Capitalism and Freedom” in Dogmas and Dreams, pp: 69-90
Week VIII: November 4-6
Marxism
Karl Marx, “The Communist Manifesto” in Dogmas and Dreams, pp: 220-245
Week IX: November 11-13
Mid-term Exam
Theories of Imperialism
M. T. Sprout, “Mahan: Evangelist of Sea Power” in Makers of Modern Strategy, pp: 416-445
Theodore Roosevelt, the Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses, pp: 172-179
Week X: November 18-20
A Critique of Imperialism: Leninism
Lenin, Imperialism, pp: 79-118 and 148-155
Week XI: November 25-27
Orientalism
Edward W. Said, Orientalism, pp: 1-28.
Week XII: December 2-4
Social-Democracy
Eduard Bernstein, The Preconditions of Socialism, pp: 159-188
John H. Kautsky, Karl Kautsky, pp: 205-222
Week XIII: December 9-11
Fascism
Stanley G. Payne, History of Fascism, pp: 94-101, 110-128 and 441-449
Roger Griffin, Fascism, pp: 34-35, 43-44, 56-59, 72-75, 86-89 and 116-117
Week XIV: (17-19 December):
Globalization
Roland Robertson, Globalization, pp: 1-7 and 182-188
Alain Tourain, “The New Capitalist Society” in Identity, Culture and Globalization, pp: 265-289
Week XV: December 16-18
Feminism
Barbara Arneil, Politics & Feminism, pp: 121-151