Thinking in Quebec, Thinking Quebec - from social science journals
In the context of a rapid transformation of scientific writing, what happens to social science journals and more specifically to Quebec journals of history, sociology and demography published in French? The text examines the history of these journals and their relationship with the university institution, the specialized public, the general public, the discipline and Quebec. Although the choice of demography, history and sociology is in part arbitrary, it allows us to identify a representative dynamic of the social sciences and humanities and to highlight certain issues and paradoxes related to this dynamic. “Thinking in Quebec” and “thinking Quebec” are two different things, and together they contribute to building an original yet still rather fragile scientific field.