Malkawi, Fathi. “Worldview and the Social Sciences,” Year 11, Issues 42-43 (Fall 1426 AH/ 2005 CE), Pp. 53-98.

Abstract

Fathi Malkawi’s article aims to clarify the relationship between worldview and social sciences. From this relationship, it becomes evident that the image by which such sciences are manifested is a reflection of the worldview held by the scientific community when it formulated the concepts of these sciences, categorizations, principles, and theories. This issue is discussed within the following main points:  the importance of researching worldview; the concept of worldview; the use of the term “worldview” in various sciences; and the social sciences’ relation to worldview in terms of anthropology, psychology, sociology, and journalism. The article further discusses the bias in worldview towards social sciences, and that reorganizing social sciences would require a new worldview. It also examines worldview characterized as a unit of analysis, and discusses social sciences within an Islamic worldview.