Introduction : Miediterranean social sciences network

Abstract

The end of science is knowledge: the discovery of what concerns man and his world. The object of social sciences is the shared world of man, man's relationships and the product of these relationships. "Order" is the focal point of research in this area of science, order in social relationship which should serve for the benefit of all mankind. Discoveries in the social sciences must therefore necessarily contribute to the creation and maintenance of social order. The practical relevance of research in this field of knowledge is not limited to that area which happens to come under the scientist's analytical eye. What a social scientist finds in the area of this observation is relatively applicable to any other area with the same properties and conditions. This would be more expedient if the areas concerned were somehow synonymous, sharing common elements and characteristics.