14 Facts About Social theory

Social theory thought provides general theories to explain actions and behavior of society as a whole, encompassing sociological, political, and philosophical ideas.

Classical social theory has generally been presented from a perspective of Western philosophy, and often regarded as Eurocentric.

Social theory cycle theorists were skeptical of the Western achievements and technological progress, but argued that progress is an illusion of the ups and downs of the historical cycles.

The Frankfurt Institute for Social theory Research is a historical example.

The Committee on Social theory Thought at the University of Chicago followed in the 1940s.

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Social theory revealed the origin of inequality, analyzed the social contract that forms social integration and defined the social sphere or civil society.

Social theory explained that the wealthy often demand convenience, employing numerous others to carry out labor to meet their demands.

Philosopher and politician Roberto Mangabeira Unger recently attempted to revise classical social theory by exploring how things fit together, rather than to provide an all encompassing single explanation of a universal reality.

Social theory begins by recognizing the key insight of classical social theory of society as an artifact, and then by discarding the law-like characteristics forcibly attached to it.

Unger argues that classical social theory was born proclaiming that society is made and imagined, and not the expression of an underlying natural order, but at the same time its capacity was checked by the equally prevalent ambition to create law-like explanations of history and social development.

Unger, calling his efforts "super-Social theory", has thus sought to develop a comprehensive view of history and society.

Social theory's theories centered around capitalism and its effect on class-struggle between the proletariat and bourgeoisie.

Social theory seeks to question why humans inhabit the world the way they do, and how that came to be by looking at power relations, social structures, and social norms, while examining how humans relate to each other and the society they find themselves in, how this has changed over time and in different cultures, and the tools used to measure those things.

Social theory looks to interdisciplinarity, combining knowledge from multiple academic disciplines in order to enlighten these complex issues, and can draw on ideas from fields as diverse as anthropology and media studies.