Final Sınavı - Polıtıcal Thought

Soru 1:

The value that workers produce above their wages, which is at the survival level, is called ______________ that is appropriated by capitalists as their profit.

A) Alienation B) Revolution C) Surplus value D) Anarchism E) Marxism

Soru 2:

Which one of the below mainly shaped the intellectual lifMarx marx?

A) Iron law B) Hegelianism C) Dialectic D) Capitalism E) Superstructure

Soru 3:

Which option is wrong in terms of the background of the Enlightenment?

A) It started with Renaissance. B) Absolute monarchs lost power. C) A group called trade bourgeois emerged. D) Church's authority weakened. E) Influence of Pope on administrations started to grow.

Soru 4:

Which one of the followings was not amongst those that emerged with the development of cities in the 16th Century?

A) New Political Struggles B) New Classes C) New Administrative Systems D) New Nerves of Energy E) New Demands

Soru 5:

Which is true for Jean Jacques Rousseau? I. Rousseau’s point of departure is the natural state hypothesis. II.Rousseau assumed full equality between people in their nature. III. According to Rousseau, people have inherent potential for development and progress.

A) Only II B) I and II C) I and III D) II and III E) I, II and III

Soru 6:

Which one is one of the differences between Marxism and Anarchism?

A) Both believe that the only way to destroycapitalism is revolution that must be international to be successful. B) They both believe that due to their role inthe production process, working class has potential to destroy capitalism and create a classless society. C) Both are materialists and believe that peopleare shaped within the social and economic context of the society they live in. D) Both Anarchists and Marxists have theirroots in the Industrial Revolution. E) For both, the main source of social injustice is the existence of the state.

Soru 7:

Which of the following is an accurate match of Locke’s views?

A) Political thought – equality of everyone B) Property – equality in property owning C) State of war – to free the slaves D) Social contract – an absolute political power E) Natural law – based on metaphysical law

Soru 8:

Which statement about the Enlightenment below is not true?

A) The first root of the idea of enlightenment is in the Renaissance and Reform movements. B) The idea of an independent “individual” emerged. C) The Catholic Church’s dominion over societies was lifted. D) The tradition of critical thinking emerged. E) The Scottish Enlightenment said that the market economy should be abolished.

Soru 9:

In which option below, are the stages that humans have passed through given in the correct order?

A) Capitalism-Feudalism-Primitive Communism-Slavery B) Feudalism-Primitive Communism-Slavery-Capitalism C) Capitalism-Slavery-Feudalism-Primitive Communism D) Feudalism-Capitalism-Slavery-Primitive Communism E) Primitive Communism-Slavery-Feudalism-Capitalism

Soru 10:

The use of violence is not a viable way for social change. Violence and war are unjustifiable, indefensible and all changes should be made with peaceful means. Which of the following groups support this idea?

A) The Pacifist Anarchists B) The lumpen-proletariat Anarchists C) The Revolutionary Anarchists D) The Individualist Anarchists E) The Collectivist Anarchists

Soru 11:

Who is considered the founder Protestant Reformation?

A) Martin Luther B) Machiavelli C) Jean Calvin D) Jean Bodin E) Thomas More

Soru 12:

Which term refers to the liberation of people from self-restraint and becoming a “rational autonomous subject”?

A) Emancipation B) Vandalism C) Outlawry D) Freedom E) Constructism

Soru 13:

What is the role of the schools in enlightenment thought?

A) Generalizing the hegemonic ideology B) Spreading the idea of freedom C) Sustaining traditional laws D) Teaching religious norms E) Pressuring the idea of freedom

Soru 14:

Which of the following political thought do Spinoza and Hobbes share?

A) need to approach politic power scientifically and dispassionately B) transference of individual’s power to state has practical limitations C) transferring their right and power to the state enable individuals to pursue self-preservation D) human beings’ highest interest lies in the pursuit of pleasure E) expectation of human beings is to achieve adequate knowledge and its resulting peace of mind

Soru 15:

Which approach of the following is the idea of social justice whose common interest is taken as the prevailing criteria in decisions, actions or policies of the ruling authority?

A) Capability approach B) Utilitarian approach C) Fraser's approach D) Honneth's approach E) Townsand's approach

Soru 16:

Which of the following philosophers was known by his criticism of moral relativism?

A) Jean-François Lyotard B) Immanuel Kant C) Leo Strauss D) Max Weber E) John Rawls

Soru 17:

Which of the following is not one of the components of the superstructure of the society?

A) Money B) Religion C) Government D) Law E) Education

Soru 18:

Who is one of the most important contributors to the emergence of social sciences as a discipline?

A) Kant B) Didier C) Durkheim D) Montesquieu E) Leibniz

Soru 19:

Which one below does not belong to five categories of primary goods identified by Rawls?

A) Basic rights and liberties B) Obligation of movement and paid choice of occupation C) Powers and prerogatives of offices and positions of authority and responsibility D) Income and wealth E) The social bases of self-respect

Soru 20:

Which of the following anarchists believed that injustice, greed and aggression were caused by the corrupting influence of government?

A) Tolstoy B) Kropotkin C) Godwin D) Proudhon E) Bakunin