Alain Touraine
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. Touraine was an important figure in the founding of French sociology of work after World War II and later became an internationally-renowned sociologist of social movements, particularly the May 68 student movement in France and the Solidarity trade-union movement in communist Poland.
Alain Touraine | |
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| Born | 3 August 1925 |
| Died | 9 June 2023 (aged 97) Paris, France |
| Education | Lycée Louis-le-Grand |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure University of Paris |
| Occupation | Sociologist |
| Employer | School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences |
| Spouse | Adriana Arenas |
| Relatives | Marisol Touraine (daughter) |
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