The World Paradigm: A new proposal for Sociology

Abstract

Major social transformations in world society since the beginning of the twenty-first century are exhausting the two paradigms that governed the development of sociology from its origins until today: the modern paradigm and the anti-modern postmodern paradigm. This issue calls for a paradigm shift. My proposal introduces a new, scientifically minded, postmodern program called the "world paradigm" (WP; paradigma mundialista, or PM, in Spanish). This intellectual galaxy carries a new idea of world society, world social change, and world sociology. I will review some of those elements here.