The paper probed into some sociological theories and its multiple paradigms using the Thomas Kuhn’s theory on paradigm. On two basic ideal types of macro micro and naturalism humanism, the author brought forward that...The paper probed into some sociological theories and its multiple paradigms using the Thomas Kuhn’s theory on paradigm. On two basic ideal types of macro micro and naturalism humanism, the author brought forward that contemporary sociological theories could be classified into four basic patterns as Social Facts, Social Behavior, Social Critique and Social Definition. Finally, the author discussed the possibility of a more integrated paradigm of sociology in the context of Post modernism.展开更多
文摘The paper probed into some sociological theories and its multiple paradigms using the Thomas Kuhn’s theory on paradigm. On two basic ideal types of macro micro and naturalism humanism, the author brought forward that contemporary sociological theories could be classified into four basic patterns as Social Facts, Social Behavior, Social Critique and Social Definition. Finally, the author discussed the possibility of a more integrated paradigm of sociology in the context of Post modernism.