Alain Touraine

Alain Touraine
Born(1925-08-03)3 August 1925
Hermanville-sur-Mer, France
Died9 June 2023(2023-06-09) (aged 97)
Paris, France
EducationÉcole Normale Supérieure
Alma materUniversity of Paris
OccupationSociologist
EmployerÉcole des hautes études en sciences sociales
RelativesMarisol Touraine (daughter)

Alain Touraine (French: [tuʁɛn]; 3 August 1925 – 9 June 2023) was a French sociologist. He was the research director at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales. He founded the Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux. He was best known for being the originator of the term "post-industrial society".

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1990.

Touraine died in Paris, France on 9 June 2023, at the age of 97.

References

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  2. ↑ "Légion d'honneur : Alain Touraine, Françoise de Panafieu et Renaud Lavillenie parmi les promus". 20 April 2014 – via Le Monde.
  3. ↑ "Alain Touraine". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Birnbaum, Jane (9 June 2023). "Alain Touraine, a leading French sociologist, has died". Le Monde. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

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