Iranian Journal of Sociology

Abstract The main purpose of this paper is theoretical modeling of collective wisdom and combining different theories in a coherent analytical framework. Collective wisdom is a central concept and a new idea that although its material is social, but sociologists are less likely to analyze it. The conditions and process of its realization as well as its social consequences in society have been discussed. This article, based on systemic thinking in this regard, seeks to present a comprehensive formulation of the concept of collective wisdom from a sociological perspective and to provide an integrated model for analyzing collective wisdom and explaining the foundations and contexts of its emergency in society. This framework has the ability to identify causal factors and mechanisms affecting collective wisdom in economic, political, social and cultural fields and explains the properties of these fields in connection with each other in strengthening collective wisdom.