reducing sociology to micro issues; Why is Iran's social thought unable to analyze macro relationships? Mohammadreza Kolahi, professor of sociology at the Institute of Cultural and Social Studies in Iran, wrote: The extreme specialization of social sciences and an artificial demarcation between sociology and international relations meant that an important phenomenon like war was limited only to relations between governments and remained outside the scope of sociology. The absence of the macro category "society" and the ignoring of global forces and the military logic that dominates the modern order in academic analyses, have made social thought unable to realistically understand its environment. A severe critique of this situation shows that modernity cannot be understood without understanding the phenomenon of war, and to get rid of this passivity, we must redefine the relationship between global structures, governance and society. Read the full text here.

reducing sociology to micro issues; Why is Iran's social thought unable to analyze macro relationships? Mohammadreza Kolahi, professor of sociology at the Institute of Cultural and Social Studies in Iran, wrote: The extreme specialization of social sciences and an artificial demarcation between sociology and international relations meant that an important phenomenon like war was limited only to relations between governments and remained outside the scope of sociology. The absence of the macro category "society" and the ignoring of global forces and the military logic that dominates the modern order in academic analyses, have made social thought unable to realistically understand its environment. A severe critique of this situation shows that modernity cannot be understood without understanding the phenomenon of war, and to get rid of this passivity, we must redefine the relationship between global structures, governance and society. Read the full text here.