Home›Sociology›Nationality / Culture›FranceBrowse ByFranceNationality culture groups theorists by the country and culture that shaped their thinking. Wikipedia identifies Emile Durkheim as "a French sociologist," a nationality that placed him at the center of French academic life "until his death in 1917." This dimension shows which countries produced the theorists behind a given tradition.FactsFranceSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstablished EraWell-attested1780 1Primary DisciplineWell-attestedSociology 1FranceFilter Results44 entriesInstitution AffiliationAllLaw (2)Prison System (1)Religion (1)Social Class Stratification (2)Social Movement (1)The Market (1)The State (1)Influenced ByAllPierre Bourdieu (2)EraAll1798 (1)1809 (1)1843 (1)1848 (1)1858 (1)1869 (1)1870 (1)1877 (1)1894 (1)1901 (1)1908 (1)1918 (1)1925 (1)1926 (1)1930 (1)1934 (1)1936 (1)1940 (1)1941 (1)1945 (1)1947 (1)1960 (1)1965 (1)In GroupAllAnarchism And Libertarian Socialism (8)Autonomist And Council Communism (3)Classical Sociology (Founders) (4)Economic Sociology (3)Feminist Theory (5)General Contemporary Sociology (2)Leninism, Trotskyism And Revolutionary Socialism (4)Political Sociology (1)Postmodern And Late-Modern Social Theory (1)Sociology Of Science And Technology (2)Symbolic Interactionism (2)Urban And Community Sociology (1)Western And Structuralist Marxism (8)DisciplineAllAnarchism And Libertarian Socialism (8)Autonomist And Council Communism (3)Classical Sociology (Founders) (4)Economic Sociology (3)Feminist Theory (5)General Contemporary Sociology (2)Leninism, Trotskyism And Revolutionary Socialism (4)Marxist And Critical Theory (23)Other Social Theorists (4)Political Sociology (1)Postmodern And Late-Modern Social Theory (1)Sociology Of Science And Technology (2)Symbolic Interactionism (2)Urban And Community Sociology (1)Western And Structuralist Marxism (8)BrowseCompareSelect all 44Alain TouraineFranceAlexander BerkmanFranceAuguste ComteFranceBracha L. EttingerFranceBruno LatourFranceCharles BettelheimFranceClaude LefortFranceCornelius CastoriadisFranceDaniel BensaïdFranceDaniel GuerinFranceÉmile ArmandFranceEmile DurkheimFranceEmma GoldmanFranceÉtienne BalibarFranceEve ChiapelloFranceGabriel TardeFranceGeorges GurvitchFranceGilles DauvéFranceGuy DebordFranceHélène CixousFranceHenri LefebvreFranceJacques CamatteFranceJoseph DéjacqueFranceJulia KristevaFranceLoic WacquantFranceLouis AlthusserFranceLuc BoltanskiFranceLuce IrigarayFranceLucien GoldmannFranceMaurice HalbwachsFranceMaurice Merleau-PontyFranceMichael LöwyFranceMichel CallonFranceMichel ClouscardFranceMichel FoucaultFranceNestor MakhnoFranceNicos PoulantzasFrancePierre BourdieuFrancePierre-Joseph ProudhonFranceRaymond BoudonFranceRoger GaraudyFranceSimone de BeauvoirFranceVilfredo ParetoFranceVolinFranceSources1. Wikipedia: Sociologytier 2WikipediaSociology, lead section, era sentenceThe term sociology was coined in the late 18th century to describe the scientific study of society.Sociology, lead section, definition sentenceSociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on human social behaviour, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.