كليدواژه :
طراحي جامعه , جامعه شناسي اسلامي , نظريه اجتماعي ديني , جامعه شناسي انتقادي , نظريه جامعه شناختي , معضل اسلامي سازي , نظريه اجتماعي
چكيده لاتين :
Distinction between Social Theory and Sociological Theory:
A Resolution for the Trouble of Islamization of Sociology in Iran
Hassan Mohaddesi
Social sciences are considered as the carrier of western and secular values in post-revolutionary Iran. Now, this is one of the main challenges of social sciences and so of sociology in Iran. Thereby, Iranʹs government and some scholars attempt to produce an alternativefor sociology, called "Islamic sociology". What has been already posed but it was very fragmented and scattered and it hasnʹt formed a discipline with a body of systematic knowledge yet. Most Iranian sociologist have denied the possibility of a "religious sociology" and also looked at the scripts offered by proponents of "Islamic sociology". They have expected negativelya defendable and reasonable religious theory of society. But,this essay defends the possibility of religious theory of society although it considers such a theory as a normative one, not scientific. In other words, it offers a resolution for coexistence of scientific theory of society and religious theory of society by making distinction between social theory and sociological theory. The bedrock of this discussion is demarcation between normative theory of society and descriptive and explanatory theory of society. We argue that each domain of knowledge, religionincluded, offers a type of social thought. While sociology studies society as reality and it does not articulate an ideal society. Social theory, as a normative theory of society, criticizes a certain form of society and designs and envisions its favored society. Thus, both of sociologist and social theorist speak of society. They begin a different point of departure for theorizing the society and pursue their own particular purposes. Consequently, sociological theory and social theory have different properties. However, they can use concepts, theories and results of each other, through critical appropriation. Also, it is arguedin this article that critical theory is a type of normative theory of society and so, "critical sociology" is considered as a contradictory term and program.
Keyword: Trouble of islamizaion, Social theory, Sociological theory, Designing society, Islamic sociology, Critical sociology, Religious social theory.
