Alain Touraine

Alain Touraine (; 3 August 1925 – 9 June 2023) was a French sociologist.  He was the research director at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales.  He founded the Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux. He was best known for being the originator of the term "post-industrial society".

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1990.

Touraine died in Paris, France on 9 June 2023, at the age of 97.

References

Other websites
 Answers.com on Alain Touraine
 Jacques Hamel compares aspects of Pierre Bourdieu and Alain Touraine
 Comments of Touraine at Forum Barcelona 2004

Category:1925 births
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Category:French sociologists
Category:Members of Academia Europaea