Raymond Boudon

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Raymond Boudon
Born(1934-01-27)27 January 1934
Paris, France
Died10 April 2013(2013-04-10) (aged 79)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench

Raymond Boudon (27 January 1934 – 10 April 2013) was a sociologist, philosopher and Professor in the Paris-Sorbonne University.

Career

With Alain Touraine, Michel Crozier and Pierre Bourdieu, Raymond Boudon is one of the leading French sociologists of the last quarter of the 20th century.[1] He is known for his research on social mobility and inequality of opportunities as well as for his defense of methodological individualism.

He was a member of many important institutions.

Oxford University, and the Universities of Geneva, Chicago, and Stockholm
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A biographical study of him by Jean-Michel Morin was published in 2006.[3]

Selected publications

  • The Uses of Structuralism (1971)
  • Education, Opportunity and Social Inequality (1974)
  • The Logic of Social Action (1981)
  • Theories of Social Change (1986)
  • The Analysis of Ideology (1989)
  • The Art of Self-Persuasion (1994)
  • The Origin of Values (2000)

Notes

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  2. ^ "Décès du sociologue Raymond Boudon". Lefigaro.fr. 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  3. ^ Morin, Jean-Michel (2006). Boudon, un sociologue classique. ("Boudon, a classical sociologist"). Paris: L'Harmattan.

References

  • E. Di Nuoscio, "Le ragioni degli individui. L'individualismo metodologico di Raymond Boudon", Rubbettino, Roma 1996

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