“Movements” of Societies: A Challenge for Sociology ? Reflections on Postwar Sociology in France
To answer the question of whether sociology must change to meet the challenge of societies in motion, the author proposes a methodological detour through the sociology of transformations experienced by French society since the postwar period. After summing up the background, she proposes an analysis of the characteristics and conditions of production. This allows her to update the obstacles that sociologists must overcome to be able to capture the movement of societies.