Many people take social theory to be a fortress held by the left.
In many respects this is true. This is not, however, a good reason to eschew social theory. As much as I admire the late Russell Kirk , I do not think that his constant refrain against reason was much help in addressing the questions confronting us. Anyway, there is a tradition of social theory compatible with classical liberalism, or libertarianism liberalism was founded on it and the tradition was extended by Austrian school thinkers from Menger to Rothbard . I have already mentioned the usefulness of Marxist works which, unawares, carry on laissez faire liberal political-exploitation theory.