Orthodox Consensus: A Pathological Survey of Social Science in Today’s Iran

By: Mohammadreza Tajik (PhD)

Abstract:
It has been long since the formation of a cumulative and collective project in the production of an inclusive and universal knowledge called social science and the application of power through it. Social science, as developed within the large and dominant systems, has visualized forms of thought and culture that have deterritorialized the “minority” sciences, as Deleuze and Guattari named, or the “subjection” sciences, as Foucault called and deprived continuously the non-western thought from forming its local knowledge in such arena (social science). But it is now the time for the uprising of under subjection sciences. Perhaps a thoughtful reflection on Foucault’s doctrine is needed today more than any other time, saying: Fundamental bringing up of under subjection sciences would contribute to reveal the secret link between knowledge and power; a link “through which a society conveys its knowledge and guarantees its survival behind the veil of knowledge” and Deleuze statement may be emphasized that: “reterritorialization” of minority sciences would definitely act as the “encouragement of a future revolutionary system”