Book ID: CBB064499987

French Sociology (2015)

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Heilbron, Johan (Author)


Cornell University Press


Publication Date: 2015
Physical Details: 288
Language: English

French Sociology offers a uniquely comprehensive view of the oldest and still one of the most vibrant national traditions in sociology. Johan Heilbron covers the development of sociology in France from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century through the discipline’s expansion in the late twentieth century, tracing the careers of figures from Auguste Comte to Pierre Bourdieu. Presenting fresh interpretations of how renowned thinkers such as Émile Durkheim and his collaborators defined the contours and content of the discipline and contributed to intellectual renewals in a wide range of other human sciences, Heilbron’s sophisticated book is both an innovative sociological study and a major reference work in the history of the social sciences.Heilbron recounts the halting process by which sociology evolved from a new and improbable science into a legitimate academic discipline. Having entered the academic field at the end of the nineteenth century, sociology developed along two separate tracks: one in the Faculty of Letters, engendering an enduring dependence on philosophy and the humanities, the other in research institutes outside of the university, in which sociology evolved within and across more specialized research areas. Distinguishing different dynamics and various cycles of change, Heilbron portrays the ways in which individuals and groups maneuvered within this changing structure, seizing opportunities as they arose. French Sociology vividly depicts the promises and pitfalls of a discipline that up to this day remains one of the most interdisciplinary endeavors among the human sciences in France.

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Authors & Contributors
Gissis, Snait B.
Serge Reubi
Ryan McVeigh
Duller, Matthias
Marc Joly
Young, Cristobal
Concepts
Sociology
Discipline formation
Social sciences
Academic disciplines
Evolution
Science and culture
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Ancient
20th century, late
Places
France
United States
Greece
Europe
Great Britain
Institutions
American Sociological Association
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