Alain Touraine

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Sociologist
gptkbp:academicAdvisor gptkb:Alain_de_Benoist
gptkb:Henri_Lefebvre
gptkb:Pierre_Bourdieu
gptkb:Henri_Mendras
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:École_Normale_Supérieure
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Société_Française_de_Sociologie
gptkb:Institut_des_Sciences_Sociales
gptkb:University_of_Paris
Sociological Theory
Sociological Research Methods
Sociological_Research
Sociological_Association
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_CNRS
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Buenos_Aires
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Barcelona
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Lisbon
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Montreal
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Geneva
gptkbp:born August 3, 1925
gptkbp:children 3
2 daughters
2 sons
1 daughter
1 son
1 adopted child
gptkbp:contribution Sociology of modernity
gptkbp:field Social change
Sociology
Social policy
Urban sociology
Cultural sociology
Political sociology
Globalization studies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alain Touraine
gptkbp:influenced Cultural studies
Postmodernism
Critical theory
Social theory
Social movements
Social movements theory
Civic engagement theory
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Stuart_Mill
gptkb:Max_Weber
gptkb:Émile_Durkheim
gptkb:Michel_Foucault
gptkb:Karl_Marx
gptkb:Georg_Simmel
Antonio Gramsci
gptkbp:knownFor Social theory
Sociology of culture
Sociology of work
The Crisis of Democracy
The New Spirit of Capitalism
The Return of the Actor
The_Invention_of_Society
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:France
gptkb:Paris
gptkb:Marseille
gptkb:Toulouse
Lyon
gptkbp:nationality French
gptkbp:notableWorks gptkb:The_Post-Industrial_Society
Critique of Modernity
The Social Question
The End of the Social
The_Culture_of_Modernity
The_Society_of_Individuals
The_Voice_and_the_Eye
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie-Claude_Touraine