TY  - JOUR
T1  - Civilization as an Anthropological Nature: Particularistic Approach to the Contextual Infrastructure of the Western Civilization
AU - Kavand, Reza AU - Khajesarvi, Gholamreza AU - Samim, Reza 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 8
SP  - 1428
EP  - 1436
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2016.1428.1436
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.1428.1436
KW  - historical approach
KW  -civilization
KW  -Anthropology
KW  -model
KW  -social sciences
KW  -West
AB  - The main objective of this study is to present a reliable theoretical model in rethinking the concept which is referred as the “West Civilization”. In line with this objective by theoretical correspondence between three approaches of social sciences, philosophy of history and postmodernism, the study proves despite the common perception of the concept of civilization, this word is saddened by unique infrastructure and configuration in any context of time and place. Through, using system of subjective meanings, meanwhile distinction cultural, economic and political infrastructure of Western civilization as a case study, the study uses this sample to demonstrate the preferred theoretical approach, analyzes synchrony of civilization and its specificity. Accordingly, the final output of the study is confronting with the idea of universality of the civilization and the results of that which is considered as civilization coaxial and representing the West civilization as a utopian or desirable situation.
ER  -