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@article{ Didier2016,
title = {Alain Desrosières and the Parisian Flock: social studies of quantification in France since the 1970s},
author = {Didier, Emmanuel},
journal = {Historical Social Research},
number = {2},
pages = {27-47},
volume = {41},
year = {2016},
issn = {0172-6404},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.41.2016.2.27-47},
urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-46959-2},
abstract = {Alain Desrosières has played a central role in the French intellectual scene from the 1980s to today for his theories of quantification. In this article, I trace his career and that of his contemporary Parisian scene in three steps: first, the period when he was associated to Pierre Bourdieu; second, the one when he became part of what we propose to call a flock of scholars all working on the qualification of reality; and finally, the one when Desrosières was associated with the Centre Koyré d’histoire des sciences. Finally, we use statistics to analyze the extent of the international reception of his work.},
keywords = {research; statistische Analyse; Datengewinnung; interest; reality; Realität; quantification; data collection method; Sozialgeschichte; measurement; statistics; Messung; Quantifizierung; Wissenschaftsdisziplin; statistical analysis; Bourdieu, P.; research focus; Interesse; France; scientific discipline; Frankreich; Institutionstheorie; Forschungsschwerpunkt; Bourdieu, P.; Statistik; Forschung; theory of institutions; data capture; social history; Erhebungsmethode}}