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French sociologists

27 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alfred GrosserAuthor · BooksAlfred Grosser (1 February 1925 – 7 February 2024) was a German-born French writer, sociologist and political scientist.
Alice MillerArtist · PaintingsAlice Miller was a French, Swiss and Polish psychologist, sociologist, painter, essayist, psychotherapist and writer (1923–2010). She was born in Lviv and died in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
André GorzAuthor · BooksGérard Horst (lang; Gerhart Hirsch; 9 February 1923 – 22 September 2007), more commonly known by his pen names André Gorz (lang) and Michel Bosquet (lang), was an Austrian-French social…
Auguste ComteAuthor · BooksIsidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte (19 January 1798 – 5 September 1857) was a French philosopher and writer who formulated the doctrine of positivism.
Bruno LatourAuthor · BooksBruno Latour (22 June 1947 – 9 October 2022) was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist.
Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-SimonAuthor · BooksClaude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon (17 October 1760 – 19 May 1825), better known as Henri de Saint-Simon (lang), was a French political, economic and socialist theorist and…
Emmanuel Joseph SieyèsAuthor · BooksEmmanuel Joseph Sieyès (3 May 174820 June 1836), usually known as the Abbé Sieyès (sjejɛs), was a French Catholic priest, abbé, and political writer who was a leading political theorist of…
François de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La RochefoucauldAuthor · BooksFrançois Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, 1st Duke of Liancourt, 2nd Duke of Estissac (fʁɑ̃swa alɛksɑ̃dʁ fʁedeʁik də la ʁɔʃfuko;
Georges PalanteAuthor · BooksGeorges Toussaint Léon Palante (20 November 1862 – 5 August 1925) was a French philosopher and sociologist.
Georges SorelAuthor · BooksGeorges Eugène Sorel (lang; 2 November 1847 – 29 August 1922) was a French social thinker, political theorist, historian, and later journalist.
Gilles LipovetskyAuthor · BooksGilles Lipovetsky (born 24 September 1944) is a French philosopher, writer, and sociologist.
Jean FourastiéAuthor · BooksJean Fourastié (15 April 190725 July 1990) was a French civil servant, economist, professor and public intellectual.
Jean-François LyotardAuthor · BooksJean-François Lyotard (lang; 10 August 1924 – 21 April 1998)[5] was a French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist.
Lucien Lévy-BruhlAuthor · BooksLucien Lévy-Bruhl (10 April 1857 – 13 March 1939) was a French scholar trained in philosophy who furthered anthropology with his contributions to the budding fields of sociology and…
Michel QuoistAuthor · BooksMichel Quoist (French: [miʃɛl kwa]; 18 June 1921 – 18 December 1997) was a French Catholic priest, theologian and writer.
Michel WieviorkaAuthor · BooksMichel Wieviorka (born 23 August 1946) is a French sociologist, noted for his work on violence, terrorism, racism, social movements and the theory of social change.
Pierre LévyAuthor · BooksPierre Lévy (born 2 July 1956) is a Tunisian-born French philosopher, cultural theorist and media scholar who specializes in the understanding of the cultural and cognitive implications of…
Pierre NavilleAuthor · BooksPierre Naville (1 February 1904 – 24 April 1993) was a French Surrealist writer and sociologist. He was a prominent member of the "Investigating Sex" group of Surrealist thinkers.
Robert EscarpitAuthor · BooksRobert Escarpit (24 April 1918 in Saint-Macaire – 19 November 2000 in Langon) was a French academic, writer and journalist.
Roger CailloisAuthor · BooksRoger Caillois (3 March 1913 – 21 December 1978) was a French intellectual and prolific writer whose original work brought together literary criticism, sociology, poetry, ludology and…
Roland BarthesAuthor · BooksÉcole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (the VIe section of the EPHE until 1975)
Stéphane DionAuthor · BooksStéphane Maurice Dion (lang; born 28September 1955) is a Canadian diplomat, academic and former politician who served as the Canadian ambassador to France and Monaco from 2022 to 2025 and…

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