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Alain Touraine

Born

in Hermanville-sur-Mer, France

August 03, 1925

Died

June 09, 2023

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Alain Touraine is a French sociologist. He is research director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he founded the Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux (see also Daniel Bertaux). He is best known for being the originator of the term "post-industrial society". His work is based on a "sociology of action," and believes that society shapes its future through structural mechanisms and its own social struggles. Touraine defined historicity as the capability of a society to take action upon itself, see The Self-Production of Society (1977).
His key interest for most of his career has been with social movements. He has studied and written extensively on workers' movements across the world, particularly in Latin America and m ...more

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Alain Touraine’s books

Average rating: 3.67 · 439 ratings · 49 reviews · 106 distinct works • Similar authors

	نقد الحداثة by Alain Touraine, آلان تورين, أنور مغيث (ترجمة) 4.10 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1992 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ما هي الديموقراطية؟ حكم الأكثرية أم ضمانات الأقلية 3.47 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1994 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Paradigm for Understanding Today's World 3.63 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2005 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	¿Podremos vivir juntos? La discusión pendiente: el destino del hombre en la aldea global 3.67 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1997 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Après la crise 3.36 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2010 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The post-industrial society. Tomorrow's social history: classes, conflicts and culture in the programmed society by Alain Touraine, Leonard F. X. Mayhew (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1969 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El fin de las sociedades by Alain Touraine, Odile Guilpain (Translator), Darío Zárate Figueroa (Contributor) 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Return of the Actor: Social Theory in Postindustrial Society 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1984 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vida y muerte del Chile popular 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1074 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Neoliberalism 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars