Western Sociology Crisis: Blaming the Majority is Unscientific

This workshop challenges the unscientific foundations of several social theories widely taught in prestigious academic institutions, which often exacerbate rather than resolve social intolerance in India.

The workshop plans to critically re-examine the widely accepted idea of ‘majoritarianism’ as it is understood in the social sciences. The theory says that the blame for any event of social intolerance rests with the majority, as the majority is always oppressive. This is called counter-majoritarianism (or simply majoritarianism). It examines how this theory, though influential, lacks empirical grounding and fails to account for India’s complex social realities.

The workshop will show why this theory is unscientific in a very lucid manner, even though it appeals to analytical tools inspired by thinkers such as Ronald Coase, Karl Popper, and Friedrich Hayek. The workshop will contrast the dominant ‘Majoritarian Hypothesis’ with a more precise explanatory model—the Linear Theory of Social Evolution (LTSE). This framework exposes how moral intolerance often arises not from demographics but from flawed ideological constructs.

The concept of a majoritarian Hindu fails to explain any of the empirical reality of the social phenomenon in India. With historical analysis, this workshop will also cite that the road to social harmony cannot lie with cultural Marxism and its progenitor liberalism. This then possesses some key questions: Is the majority inherently culpable in social discord? Can equity be truly achieved by ignoring foundational truths?

Drawing from Indic ideas like the Mahābhārata, sustainable social harmony requires going beyond theory—into lived dharma. Rather than defaulting to reactive blame or imported ideological templates like Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity, this workshop proposes an authentic, self-reflexive Indic approach to cultivating coherence in society.