Alain Touraine

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Alain Touraine was a prominent French sociologist known for his influential work on social movements, modernity, and the sociology of action.

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instanceOf human
sociologist
countryOfCitizenship France
educatedAt University of Paris NERFINISHED
École normale supérieure NERFINISHED
employer Centre national de la recherche scientifique NERFINISHED
École des hautes études en sciences sociales NERFINISHED
familyName Touraine NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork industrial sociology
modernity studies
political sociology
sociology
sociology of action
sociology of social movements
givenName Alain NERFINISHED
influenced Alberto Melucci NERFINISHED
Manuel Castells NERFINISHED
new social movement theory
influencedBy Karl Marx
Max Weber NERFINISHED
Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED
knownFor analysis of modernity
concept of post-industrial society
sociology of action
theory of social movements
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement French sociology
name Alain Touraine NERFINISHED
nationality French
notableWork Critique de la modernité NERFINISHED
La société post-industrielle
La société post-industrielle (1969) NERFINISHED
La voix et le regard NERFINISHED
Le mouvement de mai ou le communisme utopique NERFINISHED
Production de la société
occupation sociologist
university professor
writer
researchFocus democratization processes
social movements
student movements
workers' movements
sexOrGender male
theoreticalApproach actor-centered sociology
sociology of action
workLocation Paris
wrote books on democracy
books on modernity
books on social movements

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Sonning Prize hasRecipient Alain Touraine
Erasmus Prize notableLaureate Alain Touraine