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Mr.

Alain Louis Jules Francois Touraine

(
1925
–
2023
)
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
;
Paris, France
Sociologist; Research institution administrator
Area
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specialty
Sociology, Demography, and Geography
Elected
1994
International Honorary Member

Research Director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Best known as the originator of the phrase "post-industrial society" and for his studies and theories of social movements in the process of formation. He has studied and written on workers movements across the world. Author of numerous books, including Thinking Differently and The Self-Production of Society.

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