A critical view at constructivist and realist values in the study of social structure based on Tabatabai's Theory of Etebarian

Goleyni Hasanipor, Erfan; Rastiyan, Ebrahim

doi:10.22059/jstmt.2024.368820.1675

Document Type : Research Article / Original Article

Authors

¹ MA of Culture and Communication, Imam Sadegh University, Tehran, Iran.

² PhD in Transcendental Wisdom, University of Isfahan, Researcher of Development Center, Imam Sadeq University (PBUH), Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22059/jstmt.2024.368820.1675

Abstract

ccording to many fundamental issues of social sciences, which have arisen around the construction - reality dichotomy, we see a wide range of theories about the nature of social structure. On the one hand, realists such as Durkheim consider the social structure as an objective reality that dominates human agency, which must be discovered under certain criteria. On the other hand, constructionists like Berger and Luckman considered the social structure to be a social construction that humans have created according to their own contract. In the research tradition of Islamic philosophy, M.H Tabatabaei has also presented a theory titled "Etebarian " to understand the nature of the social structure, which explains this issue despite the emphasis on the validity (neither discovery nor construction). In the current research, based on the analytical - descriptive method, we will first explain the epistemological foundations of Durkheim's view, as the most prominent representative of realism, and the view of Berger and Luckman, as the most prominent representatives of constructivism. In the end, by using the comparative approach and benefiting from the capacity of Tabatabaei's theory of Etebarian, we will show that social structures are post-social credits that during a gradual process and by determining a certain range of roles and social relations, controls and manages the actions of human agencies in the direction of their desired goals and ends.

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New ideas for the reconstruction of social sciences based on the sources of Islamic thought

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Journal of Social Theories of Muslim Thinkers

A critical view at constructivist and realist values in the study of social structure based on Tabatabai's Theory of Etebarian

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Volume 14, Issue 3
September 2024
Pages 1-19

A critical view at constructivist and realist values in the study of social structure based on Tabatabai's Theory of Etebarian

References

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Volume 14, Issue 3September 2024Pages 1-19

Volume 14, Issue 3
September 2024
Pages 1-19