Luc Boltanski

Pourquoi, au tournant des XIXe et XXe siècles, observe-t-on tour à tour : le développement du roman policier, dont le coeur est l'enquête, et du roman d'espionnage, qui a pour sujet le complot ; l'invention, par la psychiatrie, de la paranoïa, dont l'un des symptômes principaux est la tendance à entreprendre des …

Distant Suffering, first published in 1999, examines the moral and political implications for a spectator of the distant suffering of others as presented through the media. What are the morally acceptable responses to the sight of suffering on television, for example, when the viewer cannot act directly to affect the …

The relationship between sociology and social critique has haunted the discipline since its origins. Does critique divert sociology from its scientific project? Or is critique the ultimate goal of sociology, without which the latter would be a futile activity disconnected from the concerns of ordinary people? This …