A POLITICAL THEORY OF THE SOCIETY An outline of the historical changes of social theory paradigms Cover Image

POLITIKAI TÁRSADALOMELMÉLET Vázlat a társadalomelméleti paradigmák történeti változásáról
A POLITICAL THEORY OF THE SOCIETY An outline of the historical changes of social theory paradigms

Author(s): István Balogh
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: MTA Politikai Tudományi Intézete

Summary/Abstract: The “revolutionary” changes of social theory can be called as ”non-Kuhnian“ paradigms. The characteristics of these great theoretical changes are their inter relationship with the historical transformations of modern society. The dev elopment of philosophical, economic and sociological social theories are constituent parts of the beginning of the new periods of modern capitalism. They are theoretical sources and refl ections of this development (I). The new systemic crises (ecological, economic, moral values and social crisis) and the extending control mechanisms which create the chances for recovery suggest a new paradigmatic shift, namely the necessity and possibility of political soci al theory (II). The anthropologically founded normative principles of political so cial theory – the development of skills, responsibility and performance-depen dent recognition – could open the prospect for a further development of modern society (III).

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 67-93
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Hungarian