Socia teorio

Sociaj teorioj estas kadroj de empiria pruvaro uzitaj por studi kaj interpreti sociajn fenomenojn. Ilo uzita de sociaj sciencistoj, sociaj teorioj rilatas al historia studo pri plej validaj kaj fidindaj metodologioj (ekz. pozitivismo kaj kontraŭpozitivismo), same kiel al la unuarangeco ĉu de strukturo aŭ de agento. Kelkaj sociaj teorioj klopodas resti strikte scienca, priskriba, kaj objektiva. Konfliktaj teorioj, male, prezenta klare regularajn sintenojn, kaj ofte kritikas la ideologiajn aspektojn esencajn en konvencia, tradicia pensaro.

Тhe origins of social theory are difficult to pinpoint, but debates frequently return to Ancient Greece (Berberoglu 2005, p. xi). From these foundations in Western philosophy arose Enlightenment social contract theory, sociological positivism, and modern social science. Today, 'social science' is used as an umbrella term to refer to sociology, economics, political science, jurisprudence, and other disciplines. Social theory is interdisciplinary and draws upon ideas from fields as diverse as anthropology and media studies. Social theory of an informal nature, or authorship based outside of academic social and political science, may be referred to instead as "social criticism" or "social commentary". Similarly, "cultural criticism" may be associated both with formal cultural and literary scholarship, as well as other non-academic or journalistic forms of writing.

Social theory as a distinct discipline emerged in the 20th century and was largely equated with an attitude of critical thinking, based on rationality, logic and objectivity, and the desire for knowledge through a posteriori methods of discovery, rather than a priori methods of tradition. With this in mind it is easy to link social theory to deeper seated philosophical discussions to assure the responsibility in every human also.

Bibliografio

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Eksteraj ligiloj

• The International Social Theory Consortium
• Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory
• Sociological Theorists
• Social Theory Research Network of the European Sociological Association
• David Harris, Why is Social Theory So ‘Difficult’