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Alain Desrosières and the Parisian Flock: social studies of quantification in France since the 1970s
Alain Desrosières und die Pariser Gruppe: die Social Studies der Quantifizierung in Frankreich seit den 1970ern
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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... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
research; interest; reality; quantification; data collection method; measurement; statistics; statistical analysis; Bourdieu, P.; research focus; France; scientific discipline; theory of institutions; data capture; social history
Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Free Keywords
Desrosières, Alain
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 27-47
Journal
Historical Social Research, 41 (2016) 2
Issue topic
Conventions and quantification - transdisciplinary perspectives on statistics and classifications
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.41.2016.2.27-47
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed