Social thought

Social thought provides general theories to explain actions and behavior of society as a whole, encompassing sociological, political, and philosophical ideas. Social though is thinking about society and problems by one or few persons here and there in human history or at the present social thought is aimed at the solution of the social problems.

Characteristics of Social Thought:
1. Emergence of social thought from social system
2. Related to social problems
3. Social thoughts is signs to the human development.
4. Social thoughts are differ from time, context and society.
5. Social thoughts is based on Social experience.
6. Social thought is an abstract statement based on Assumption.

Importance of Social Thought: 
1. good direction to society
2. use of social thought in peersonal life
3. based of development of theory
4. reflection of theory
5. useful to understand social reality.

Social Theory

Social theories are frameworks of empirical evidence used to study and interpret social phenomena. A tool used by social scientists, social theories relate to historical debates over the most valid and reliable methodologies (e.g. positivism and antipositivism), as well as the primacy of eitherstructure or agency. Certain social theories attempt to remain strictly scientific, descriptive, and objective. Conflict theories, by contrast, present ostensibly normative positions, and often critique the ideological aspects inherent in conventional, traditional thought.

Тhe origins of social theory are difficult to pinpoint, but debates frequently return to Ancient Greece. From these foundations inWestern philosophy arose Enlightenment social contract theory, sociological positivism, and modern social science. Today, 'social science' is used as an umbrella term to refer to sociology, economics, political science, jurisprudence, and other disciplines. Social theory is interdisciplinary and draws upon ideas from fields as diverse as anthropology and media studies. Social theory of an informal nature, or authorship based outside of academic social and political science, may be referred to instead as "social criticism" or "social commentary". Similarly, "cultural criticism" may be associated both with formal cultural and literary scholarship, as well as other non-academic or journalistic forms of writing.

Social theory as a distinct discipline emerged in the 20th century and was largely equated with an attitude of critical thinking, based on rationality, logic and objectivity, and the desire for knowledge through a posteriori methods of discovery, rather than a priori methods of tradition.