Johan Heilbron

French Sociology

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ISBN 13:: 9780801456633
author:: Johan Heilbron
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Cornell University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2015
Pages:: 288
Dimensions:: 15.6 x 1.8 x 23.5 cm
Genre:: History, Europe, France
Condition:: New
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French Sociology offers a comprehensive view of one of the oldest and most vibrant national traditions in sociology. Johan Heilbron explores the development of sociology in France from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century, tracing the careers of key figures such as Émile Durkheim.

The book presents fresh interpretations of how renowned thinkers defined the discipline and contributed to intellectual renewals in other human sciences. Heilbron recounts the halting process by which sociology evolved from a new science into a legitimate academic discipline, highlighting the different dynamics and cycles of change that shaped its development.

Heilbron portrays the ways in which individuals and groups maneuvered within this changing structure, seizing opportunities as they arose. This vivid depiction reveals the promises and pitfalls of a discipline that remains one of the most interdisciplinary endeavors among the human sciences in France.

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