Mahmoud Dhaouadi

“Total sociocultural influence” (TSCI), which is a concept that is not used by modern social sciences, can be defined as a type of sociocultural influence which affects every individual in the community or society without exception. That is, nobody deviates from the norms of TSCI. This is contrary to the mainstream sociological idea that deviance from sociocultural norms is inevitable. And there are indeed numerous publications and university...

This article focuses on Ibn Khaldun’s discovery and invention of his New Science called in Arabic “Ilmu al umran al bashari”, that is, “the science of human civilization and social organization” in his famous book The Muqaddimah. Here I use modern philosophy’s perspective of science and Kuhn’s concepts of paradigm, normal science and revolutionary science to shed light on the process that led Ibn...

By all accounts the coronavirus pandemic is a very unusual worldwide disaster event. It has drawn health specialists to the frontline to reduce the death tolls and the rates of infectious patients, especially in advanced societies. Some of these societies and others have been forced more than once to have a widespread lockdown for weeks. The US and the UK are leading examples. Consequently, the crisis should be a priority concern for...

The concept of Homo Culturus is missing in the social sciences. Economists and those who have a materialist view have described Man as Homo Oeconomicus, political scientists have labeled him/her as Homo Politicus and sociologists see the human being as a social being or Homo Sociologicus. Because of the increasing use of numbers today, some talk about Homo Numericus. Despite their great interest...