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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 163,491 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Alain Touraine is the 21st most popular sociologist (up from 23rd in 2019), the 1,054th most popular biography from France (up from 1,135th 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 21 out of 54. Before him are Karl Mannheim, Gabriel Tarde, Manuel Castells, Pitirim Sorokin, Peter L. Berger, and C. Wright Mills. After him are Daniel Bell, Paul Lazarsfeld, Robert Michels, Stuart Hall, Ziya Gökalp, and Robert E. Park.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Alain Touraine ranks 60. Before him are Simon van der Meer, Bülent Ecevit, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jean Tinguely, Ieng Sary, and Michele Ferrero. After him are Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Celia Cruz, Frei Otto, Dick Van Dyke, Claude Lanzmann, and Francisco Álvarez Martínez. Among people deceased in 2023, Alain Touraine ranks 43. Before him are Miroslav Blažević, Wolfgang Schäuble, Paul Berg, Rosalynn Carter, Harry Markowitz, and Burt Young. After him are Lucile Randon, William Friedkin, Pervez Musharraf, Ryuichi Sakamoto, John B. Goodenough, and Antonio Negri.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Touraine ranks 1,054 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), Marion Cotillard (1975), Bertran de Born (1140), Henriette of France (1727), and William X, Duke of Aquitaine (1099). After him are Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), Léon Bonnat (1833), Augustin Robespierre (1763), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763), and Wilfred the Hairy (840).

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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) and Loïc Wacquant (1960).

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