A tale of two sociologies: The critical and the pragmatic stance in contemporary French sociology

European Journal of Social Theory

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 379-396

  Bénatouïl, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

action; critique; objectivity; pluralism; pragmatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845699552     PISSN: 13684310     EISSN: 14617137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136843199002003011     Document Type: Article

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