Science and sociology
Is sociology a science? What are the problems of this presumed science? What are its future prospects? The current state of sociology as a science 1. Sociology, a science in …
Category: Sociology
Georg Simmel – The underground and aristocratic power
In non-democratic regimes, two main features can be identified: The governed and the rulers are implacably separate, that is, distinct. And above all, the rulers act with the utmost opacity …
Social classes
Is it fair that the chance of birth gives certain privileges? What about social classes? I. The questioning of privileges in the 18th century In the 18th century, Turgot thought, …
Privacy and capitalism
That’s the theory Tim Wu advocates in a 2019 New York Times article. For him, privacy in the old days was the same as being rich. Peasants, slaves and serfs …
Aron – Preferring revolt to humiliation
In Peace and War Between Nations, published in 1962, Raymond Aron writes: The difficulty of peace has more to do with humanity than with man’s animality. The mouse that has …
Rosanvallon and justice
A study of justice and the place of the judge. Pierre Rosanvallon analyzed the evolution of the place of the judge. You can listen to this conference online. Pierre Rosanvallon …