Ma`rifat Farhangi Ejtemaei

Bourdieu's theories about contemporary sociology, which covers a wide range of subjects in different fields of human sciences, shows the integration and combination of various theoretical approaches in the works of this French sociologist, as well as the intellectual influences of the opinions of earlier thinkers on him. Reason and history and the relationship between these two concepts are among the most challenging topics that Pierre Bourdieu has discussed in his theories and discussions. However, this subject is still an under-researched area. Therefore, using the textual hermeneutic research method, this article aims at examining Bourdieu's opinions and theoretical thoughts about the relationship between reason and history. Presenting a new interpretation of Bourdieu's thoughts, it analyzes his intellectual features in this area. To this end, based on the research questions, it reviews numerous concepts and works of Bourdieu and his commentators and then discusses some of his main ideas related to his perspective on the research subject. Then, the prominent aspects of Bourdieu's thoughts about the subject of research are analyzed and four basic aspects are obtained in his theories about the relationship between reason and history, including: rejection of essentialist ideas about history and reason; rejection of general and universal ideas; rejection of the theories of historical evolution; and decentralization of the subject of knowledge in the context of history.