Modern theorists were focused on achieving progress and believed in the existence of natural and social laws which could be used universally to develop knowledge and thus a better understanding of society.
Modernisti su bili usmereni ka postizanju napretka i verovali su u postojanje prirodnih i društvenih zakona, koji bi se uopšteno mogli primenjivati da bi se razvilo znanje a samim tim i bolje razumevanje društva.