Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/sls.2025.66418.1506
Abstract
Emotion, rationality, and social consensus are among the most significant theoretical discussions in the field of sociology. Due to their influential role in shaping various social theories, they have consistently been the focal point of thinkers from diverse intellectual domains. Each of these three concepts possesses unique characteristics from a paradigmatic perspective, which not only contributes to the formation of paradigms in social order and social cohesion but also attempts to preserve the authenticity of one or integrate the concepts into a social theory in different ways. This article is developed using a comparative method and aims to elucidate the theoretical and paradigmatic foundations from the perspective of relevant thinkers. It identifies the theoretical and paradigmatic commonalities and distinctions, and then, by utilizing these shared aspects and transcending the prevalent dichotomies, it embarks on integrating the constructs of emotion and rationality to explain social consensus. The outcome of this comparative analysis and theoretical integration suggests that most social and political thinkers have encountered a form of dichotomy in integrating concepts to explain social issues, failing to provide a clear and defined framework from a theoretical and paradigmatic perspective for this integration. The application of a systemic approach to integrate and move beyond the common dichotomies in social sciences, considering emotion and rationality as empathy and collaborative thinking, respectively, and the resultant achievement of this integration, serves as the proposal for cooperation aimed at explaining social consensus.
Sarmast, B. (2024). The Integration of Emotion and Rationality and Its Application in Explaining Social Consensus. Journal of Sociology of Lifestyle (SLS), 9(4), 81-103. doi: 10.22034/sls.2025.66418.1506
MLA
Sarmast, B. . "The Integration of Emotion and Rationality and Its Application in Explaining Social Consensus", Journal of Sociology of Lifestyle (SLS), 9, 4, 2024, 81-103. doi: 10.22034/sls.2025.66418.1506
HARVARD
Sarmast, B. (2024). 'The Integration of Emotion and Rationality and Its Application in Explaining Social Consensus', Journal of Sociology of Lifestyle (SLS), 9(4), pp. 81-103. doi: 10.22034/sls.2025.66418.1506
CHICAGO
B. Sarmast, "The Integration of Emotion and Rationality and Its Application in Explaining Social Consensus," Journal of Sociology of Lifestyle (SLS), 9 4 (2024): 81-103, doi: 10.22034/sls.2025.66418.1506
VANCOUVER
Sarmast, B. The Integration of Emotion and Rationality and Its Application in Explaining Social Consensus. Journal of Sociology of Lifestyle (SLS), 2024; 9(4): 81-103. doi: 10.22034/sls.2025.66418.1506
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