ABSTRACT
Post-sociology, or a "pluralistic discourse analysis", is a new perspective for social research, differing not only from traditional sociology but also from traditional discourse analysis. Different from traditional sociology, post-sociology is inspired by post-modernism. Understanding "post-sociology", the core ideas of post-sociology will include "discourse constructivism" and "pluralism". The so-called "traditional sociology" is not a unified discourse system. It contains many different theoretical paradigms, like "positivism sociology", "hermeneutical sociology" or "phenomenological sociology"; "critical theory"; and various other sociological perspectives that attempt to integrate these different theoretical paradigms of sociology. In 1926, an important article was written by Mao Zedong, which made a "general analysis" of the "economic positions and attitudes towards revolution of all the classes of Chinese society". Chinese society, in this analysis, had a finite set of "classes": the "landlord/compradors", "middle bourgeoisie", "petty bourgeoisie", "semi-proletariat", "proletariat", "lumpenproletariat" and so forth.
