The French are less adept at social networking
Who is the most connected in Europe? Who is the least connected? As far as social networks are concerned, France is among the last. As shown in this diagram, which …
Category: Sociology
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 …
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 …