Theoretical Interpretation of Developmentalist Ideas and Secular Lifestyle Tendencies
Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies
Mehdi
Mokhtarpour
1
(Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Keywords: orientation, development, secularization, secularism, Lifestyle,
Abstract :
In this research, we have tried to have a theoretical interpretation of developmentalist ideas and the tendency arising from them to the customary lifestyle. In this article, by presenting definitions synonymous with secularization or secularism, different dimensions of secularization or secularism, secularization theory, the emergence of secularized lifestyle and examining the classical ideas of developmentalist sociologists about secularization such as August Kent, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. The Thoughts of Contemporary Developmentalist Sociologists on Secularization, such as Carl Dobler, Brian Wilson, and Frank J. Lechner, Malcolm Hamilton, Jean-Paul Willem, Peter Berger, Roland Robertson, Talcott Parsons, Fan, Robert Bella and Larry Scheiner attempt to provide an in-depth analysis of the impact of these theories on secular lifestyles. Methodological discussions on the study of the concept and theories of development are very broad, critical and diverse. What is the method in the present study according to the intended objectives is a critical and qualitative analysis that seeks to understand and present the semantic, cultural and social aspects of theories of development and customary lifestyle. In this research, information has been collected through the study of library resources as well as the Internet and e-books and authoritative scientific articles in cyberspace. The findings show that the developments resulting from the implementation of development programs based on their classical and contemporary development theories are based on other foundations and results such as scientism, materialism, worldview thinking and the growth of rationality, division of social actors in following the opinion.
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