In this study, we sorted out the research hotspots in sports science by bibliometric method and also used social network analysis to explore relationship between knowledge networks their scientific performance. We found 38 high-frequency keywords with obvious curricular nature or classical direction of 4 groups. The topics covered secondary disciplines science: physical education training, nati...

first, it is argued that the rule of patterns, the natural consequences of matterialization of science,and the deliberate deviation of the western social sciences from theology are singled out as the factors which have led to the total ignorance of such subject as theology and sociology. similar cases happen in philosophy and science. due to the prevailing cultural atmospher in the west, such a...

mainstream sociology under positivism has sought to provide universal theory, in one hand, and the historiography has attempted to narrative description of events, in the other hand. pathological studies show that both are suffering from extremism; so that mainstream sociology have neglected to study of special affairs and historiography  has not been able to build and provide theoretical gener...

we need sociology theories, for that understand of sociology and politic problems. french sociologist pierre bourdieu's theory practice and symbolic power are our best resource; for understanding social and political fields. this article reviews the language and symbolic power; indicating its function in social and political fields. we need sociology theories, for that understand of sociol...

the aim of this study was to analyze and compare the viewpoints shared by university professors and the managers holding sports events of federations on the competencies of sports event managers. the study was a descriptive survey conducted as a field research. the statistical population included all university professors with more than three years of experience of teaching courses related to m...

sociology is a multi-paradigm science. the main components of the paradigm include epistemic system, theoretical schools, raised patterns, research strategies, research methods and techniques, and facts under investigation. to be able to reach a satisfactory achievement, sociology has to obtain two main components, i.e. to be part of a paradigm and institutional autonomy. iranian sociology of t...

Digital Object Identifier: 10.1188/02.CJON.239-240 Many of us have had one special teacher in our lives who not only instructed us in an academic discipline but also taught us about life. He or she graced us with skills as a teacher, support as a mentor, and love as a friend. For Detroit sports writer Mitch Albom, that teacher was Dr. Morrie Schwartz, his sociology professor at Brandeis Univers...

In the last decades there has been a growing interest towards the concept of “Quality of Life” (QoL), not only in the bio-medical field, but also in other areas, such as sociology, psychology, economics, philosophy, architecture, journalism, politics, environment, sports, recreation, advertisements. Nevertheless QoL does turn out to be an ambiguous and elusive concept – a precise, clear and sha...