SOCIOLOGIST

Alain Touraine

1925 - 2023

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Alain Touraine (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ tuʁɛn]; 3 August 1925 – 9 June 2023) was a French sociologist. He was research director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he founded the Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain Touraine has received more than 174,546 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Alain Touraine is the 19th most popular sociologist (up from 21st in 2019), the 977th most popular biography from France (up from 1,051st in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Sociologist.

Alain Touraine is most famous for his work with the sociology of knowledge. He is also known for his work on social movements and the sociology of work.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Alain Touraine ranks 19 out of 79. Before him are Immanuel Wallerstein, Niklas Luhmann, Gabriel Tarde, Karl Mannheim, Manuel Castells, and Pitirim Sorokin. After him are Peter L. Berger, Paul Lazarsfeld, C. Wright Mills, Robert Michels, Thomas Luckmann, and Daniel Bell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Alain Touraine ranks 60. Before him are Roy J. Glauber, Rod Steiger, Barbara Bush, Milton Obote, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Bülent Ecevit. After him are Frei Otto, József Bozsik, Oliver Smithies, Jean Tinguely, Celia Cruz, and Hildegard Knef. Among people deceased in 2023, Alain Touraine ranks 63. Before him are Dick Fosbury, Jan Jongbloed, Ahmed Qurei, Mark Margolis, Astrud Gilberto, and Dubravka Ugrešić. After him are Gianluca Vialli, Harry Markowitz, Cormac McCarthy, Tony Bennett, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, and Gordon Moore.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Touraine ranks 977 out of 6,770. Before him are Christina of Lorraine (1565), Sophie of France (1734), Claude Perrault (1613), Pierre Janet (1859), Gaston Maspero (1846), and Juliette Récamier (1777). After him are Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), Catherine of Valois (1401), Jules Renard (1864), Cardinal de Rohan (1734), Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800), and Henri Giraud (1879).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In France

Among sociologists born in France, Alain Touraine ranks 5. Before him are Émile Durkheim (1858), Pierre Bourdieu (1930), Marcel Mauss (1872), and Gabriel Tarde (1843). After him are Marcel Granet (1884), Henri Hubert (1872), and Loïc Wacquant (1960).

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