
Acting
Alain Touraine
Born — Died
1925-08-03 — 2023-06-09
Place of birth
Hermanville-sur-mer, Calvados, France
Known for
Acting
Credits
3 titles
Alain Touraine (3 August 1925 – 9 June 2023) was a French sociologist. He was research director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he founded the Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux. Touraine was an important figure in the founding of French sociology of work after World War II and later became an internationally-renowned sociologist of social movements, particularly the May 68 student movement in France and the Solidarity trade-union movement in communist Poland. Touraine completed his khâgne (preparatory school) at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, and entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1945. He left his studies at the ENS for a research trip in Hungary and…
Known for
8.5Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
Apostrophes
1975
NRIn the Paris suburbs, the ashes of the night's riots fall on the lives of young people. Games, rap, intimacy, boredom and tension resonate in the concrete. In the streets, demonstrations see groups clashing and dividing. Meanwhile, in the 6th arrondissement, the students of Fenelon high school meet between classes, kiss each other, share their fears and imagine their future. Sociologist Alain Touraine, who is old enough to be their grandfather, tries to make sense of a fractured society. He was welcomed with open arms in Latin America where his ideas still found an audience. Chronicle of a year in Paris.
Pourrons-nous vivre ensemble?
2006
NRNo synopsis available yet.
O Presidente Improvável
2022
