نظريه اي اجتماعي براي قرن بيست ويكم

A Social Theory for the Twenty First Century

The purpose of this article is to examine the outcomes and impacts of the nihilism advocated by post-structuralism and neo-liberalism on the development of social theory in the final decades of the twentieth century. The cultural atmosphere surrounding the issue implies that the reconstruction of social theory is irregular and useless. Elaborating on the various factors which can explain the principles and areas of this anti-theory, the present article argues that the serious need for reconstructing a social theory requires shifting from clear-cut extra- specialist perspectives (which is the legacy of positivist tradition) to collectivism and theoretical universalism (holism).