Sociology in France after 1945

International audienceThis history retraces the development of French sociology from its institutional origins. Among the characteristics of the emerging discipline were an imbalance between theory and method resulting, at least in part, from its philosophical roots, a difficulty of finding its place with relation to other disciplines and tight and quite discernable links between sociology and political thought and action. Readers will be surprised to discover the slow institutional development of the discipline in France despite its illustrious beginnings. The book is divided into four chapters ordered chronologically. Chapter 1 runs from the late 19th century to 1945, chapter 2 from 1945 – 1963, chapter 3 covers the period between 1963 and 1980 and chapter 4 begins in 1980 and brings us to the present day