Conclusion: From Social Theory to Sociology

Abstract

Like any other cultural product, whether it be ballet or beekeeping, poetry or prisons, social theory is made by people at certain times and under certain circumstances. If we use the term ‘social theory’ to refer to any connected series of propositions which represent reflection upon the relations of individuals to society or upon the nature of the social, then it can be applied to doctrines which have arisen in different millennia in widely separated parts of the globe.