Ma`rifat Farhangi Ejtemaei

The author atlempts in his discussion to prove that functionalistic theory, one of the current theories in socilology, lack efficiency. Its inefficiency is ascribed to its cultural basis. Functionalism is the outcome of modern science and has taken a form which makes it consistent with the utilitarian culture of the bourgeoisie in the United States and it is sought, From the outset, to satisfy the needs of the bourgeoisie. This theoretical approach has its own ontological, epistemological, anthropological and methodological presuppositions. Because these presuppositions do not correspond to the culture of Islamic society, it is impossible for this type of functionalism to properly explain the issues of this type of society without making the cultural structure of that society go in line with it and converting its identity.