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Alain Touraine
Alain Touraine | |
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| Born | 3 August 1925 |
| Died | 9 June 2023 (aged 97) Paris, France |
| Education | École Normale Supérieure |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Occupation | Sociologist |
| Employer | École des hautes études en sciences sociales |
| Relatives | Marisol 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.[1] He founded the Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux. He was best known for being the originator of the term "post-industrial society".[2]
He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1990.[3]
Touraine died in Paris, France on 9 June 2023, at the age of 97.[4]
- ↑ [1] Archived May 31, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Légion d'honneur : Alain Touraine, Françoise de Panafieu et Renaud Lavillenie parmi les promus". 20 April 2014 – via Le Monde.
- ↑ "Alain Touraine". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
- ↑ Birnbaum, Jane (9 June 2023). "Alain Touraine, a leading French sociologist, has died". Le Monde. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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