Are “the Arab revolutions” an event for Social Sciences?

A number of recent (Bessin, Bidart, Grossetti, 2009) and older publications (Bensa, Fassin, 2002; Neveu Quéré, 1996) agree on one point: a social science ‘event’ is a challenging subject because of its contingency, its unpredictability, its founding or exemplary value. Sociology was built upon a se...

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Publicado no:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/remmm,
Auteurs principaux: Catusse, Myriam, Signoles, Aude, Siino, François
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicado em: Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée 2017
Acesso em linha:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Resumo:A number of recent (Bessin, Bidart, Grossetti, 2009) and older publications (Bensa, Fassin, 2002; Neveu Quéré, 1996) agree on one point: a social science ‘event’ is a challenging subject because of its contingency, its unpredictability, its founding or exemplary value. Sociology was built upon a search for general laws of society, while anthropology has endeavored to report on ordinary, everyday life and its possible underlying structures; as for History, the Annales School or the concept of...