Iranian Journal of Sociology

Abstract The situation of sociology in Iran is problematic; the studies have never explained the process of this situation. To study this problematic situation, we used the method of conditional/consequential matrix. According to the research findings, the core category leading to this was a lack of formal recognition of sociology. The lack of formality of sociology in the general sense was due to the lack of recognition of several categories, including the lack of social recognition of sociology, and the lack of recognition of sociological criteria. This situation, at the micro-level, is related to scientific communities and sociological actors; at the intermediate level, it is connected to public and academic knowledge; at the macro level, it is related to economic, political, and ideological fields; at the super macro level, it is connected to the international order, the oil state, and the experience of modernity.

Abstract Based on Habermas theory of Knowlage and human interests,  the authors analays the articles of Iranian journal of sociology from 1381 till 1384. The findings shows that among 86 article: 59 article have Naturwissenschaften approach, 25 article have Geisteswissenschaften and 2 ones have emancipatory approach. Although positivism is dominant on sociology of Iran, but there is a disturbance in theory and methodology and relationship between them. While the only aim of positivism is social engineering,  Iranian positivism doesnot attention to it. In the Geisteswissenschaften, there is a great  inconsistency in the structural of articles. For example, The presence of universal concept and rules beside particular ones. althogh the aim of this knowlage is understanding social phenomena and regarding to the cultural differences, but Iranian sociology dosent attention to it. Ultimately, wherase there are some epistemological problems in Iranian sociology, there isn’t distinct intrest in it except personal interest.