by Alain Touraine · Ediciones Paidós · tapa dura · ISBN 9788449320347
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In 'The World of Women,' French sociologist Alain Touraine presents a profound reflection on the role of women in contemporary society. Through exhaustive research, including more than sixty interviews, Touraine analyzes how women construct their identities and how they relate to the world around them. This book offers new perspectives on the sociological construction of the female subject and challenges conventional ideas, highlighting the author's lucidity and courage in addressing this topic.
Alain Touraine 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 a sociologist of social movements, particularly the May 68 student movement in France and the Solidarity trade-union movement in communist Poland.
