Questioning pseudo-positivistic views about history which connects past up to present and insists on reconstructing past ,moreover, poseing the views of thinkers like Ricoure, Foucault, Derrida who believe that history is nothing but narrative, have been the most important challenging subjects among the thinkers and the social philosophers for 2 centuries. Considering and regarding the above views, this article explains and connects these challenges to historical sociology .The question are: 1. Basically, how is the condition in historical sociology? 2. Can we reduce historical sociology to present sociology or not? and, 3.Can historical sociology be reduced to different narratives? Keywords: Historical, Sociology, Generalized, Explanations, Different Narratives, Daniel Little, Paul Ricoure, Episteme, Michel Foucault, Presence metaphisic, Jacques Derrida
khosravi J, Sajjadi A. Historical Sociology: Generalized Explanations or Different Narratives. مطالعات تاریخ اسلام 2013; 5 (16) :37-60 URL: http://journal.pte.ac.ir/article-1-263-en.html