IV ISA Forum of Sociology (February 23-28, 2021)

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A New Sociological Paradigm for XXI Century Social Movements and Conflicts

Abstract Submissions Closed

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change (host committee)
RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements

Language: English

Session Type: Oral

The classic sociological paradigm involves including the tension between analyses that privilege structure and analyses that privilege action. Its principle components are Durkheim’s structuralism, Weber’s rational action and Pareto’s elitism and the struggle between elites. XX Century Social movements studies where connected to this classical paradigm to analyze both working class movements and new social movements. The post-modernist theory and the post-colonial studies as well the post-western studies suggest themselves as new analytical patterns opposing classical sociological paradigm focused essentially on explaining the structure of the nation state in Europe in the industrial era. These theories really represent new paradigmatic models to explain today global society? Do postmodern, post-colonial or post-western analyses can explain the social and cultural meanings of social movements like Arab Springs, Occupy Wall Street or Umbrella Movement? We invite to propose theoretical and empirical studies on the issue.