شمارۀ جدید فصلنامه (تابستان 1404) منتشر شد
PhD in Social Problems of Iran, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran , jamshid.mirzaei@ut.ac.ir
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Iran's most important social problems (poverty, unemployment, Inequality, etc.) can be analyzed with the help of different approach. Hegemonic individualistic-reductionist approach with a set of narrow and psychological explanations (with an emphasis on blaming the individual) have found a dominant position in the field of analyzing Iran's social problems. On the other hand, we can talk about the possibility of creating an alternative and innovative approach. Here we are talking about an analytical conflict field. Therefore, the main problem is: What are the criticisms of reductionist individualistic approach, and what practical and capable alternative can be designed and construct suitable for the analysis of Iran's social problems? In terms of methodology Here we have used the dynamic combination of analytical descriptive methods, secondary analysis and critical. Research findings show that in Iran, the users of individualistic-reductionist approach have focused on the "person" and analyzed social problems with reference to the individual, and on the other hand, they have exonerated trans-individual variables and socio-political structures. Our alternative approach here is to construct a theoretical conceptual of "Milkimian" which is derived from Mills (sociological imagination) and Durkheim (explanation of social reality). The steps of Milkimian approach are: 1. identifying the position as a "social problem" and not an "individual problem", 2. analyzing it in the form of sociological and not psychological expression and 3. Providing social and not psychological solutions. Empirical evidence (secondary analysis of global and domestic data) supports Milkimian approach. Our view of Milkimian in the analysis of social problems is: Adopting a social and trans-individual view, emphasizing the criticism of defective structures, adopting a critical sociological view and exposing the weaknesses of reductionist approach.
Keywords: social problems, Milkimian theoretical conceptual construction, individualistic and reductionist approach, secondary analysis, critical
Type of Article: Theoretical, Critical & Analytic |
Subject:
Social problems
Received: 2025/04/14 | Accepted: 2025/07/1
Received: 2025/04/14 | Accepted: 2025/07/1
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