The twilight of Belle Époque social sciences
Founded in 1902, the Solvay Institute of Sociology (SIS) was regarded as a pivotal institution in the emerging field of the social sciences at the beginning of the twentieth century. However, little is known about its development during and immediately after the First World War. In 1916, the SIS fa...
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cairn-RESS_641_0279RESSRevue européenne des sciences sociales https://shs.cairn.info/journal-europeenne-des-sciences-sociales-2026-1-page-279?lang=en https://doi.org/10.4000/16a7a The twilight of Belle Époque social sciences Linos, Marie2026 BruxellesCommission des réparationsexpertiseingénierie socialeInstitut de sociologie SolvayinternationalismeBrusselsexpertiseinternationalismReparation Commissionsocial engineeringSolvay Institute of Sociologyfre Revue européenne des sciences sociales | 64-1 | 1 | 2026-06-08 | p. 279-306 | 0048-8046 RESS_64132 Founded in 1902, the Solvay Institute of Sociology (SIS) was regarded as a pivotal institution in the emerging field of the social sciences at the beginning of the twentieth century. However, little is known about its development during and immediately after the First World War. In 1916, the SIS faced a dual crisis: the sudden loss of its director, Émile Waxweiler, and the disruption of Belgian scientific life under German occupation. Drawing on the personal archives of the Solvay family and other collections, this article examines the period between Waxweiler’s death and the SIS’s 1923 integration into the Université libre de Bruxelles. It argues that the trajectory of the SIS was emblematic of broader shifts characterizing the European social sciences in the immediate postwar period and signaling the twilight of the Belle Époque intellectual tradition.L’Institut de sociologie Solvay (ISS), fondé en 1902, a été considéré comme une institution importante des sciences sociales du début du XXe siècle. Toutefois, son développement pendant et immédiatement après la Première Guerre mondiale demeure peu documenté. En 1916, l’ISS est confronté à une double crise : la perte soudaine de son directeur, Émile Waxweiler, et le bouleversement de la vie scientifique belge en raison de l’occupation du pays par les troupes allemandes. En mobilisant des archives personnelles de la famille Solvay et d’autres fonds, cet article s’intéresse à la période comprise entre le décès d’Émile Waxweiler et l’annexion de l’ISS à l’Université libre de Bruxelles en 1923. Il démontre que la trajectoire de l’ISS est emblématique de mutations plus larges qui ont caractérisé les sciences sociales européennes dans l’immédiat après-guerre, signant ainsi le crépuscule de l’héritage intellectuel de la Belle Époque. Cairn restricted access |
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Founded in 1902, the Solvay Institute of Sociology (SIS) was regarded as a pivotal institution in the emerging field of the social sciences at the beginning of the twentieth century. However, little is known about its development during and immediately after the First World War. In 1916, the SIS faced a dual crisis: the sudden loss of its director, Émile Waxweiler, and the disruption of Belgian scientific life under German occupation. Drawing on the personal archives of the Solvay family and other collections, this article examines the period between Waxweiler’s death and the SIS’s 1923 integration into the Université libre de Bruxelles. It argues that the trajectory of the SIS was emblematic of broader shifts characterizing the European social sciences in the immediate postwar period and signaling the twilight of the Belle Époque intellectual tradition. |
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