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Sociology and sociologists in francophone Québec: science and politics
Author(s) -
Juteau Danielle,
Maheu Louis
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
canadian review of sociology/revue canadienne de sociologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1755-618X
pISSN - 1755-6171
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-618x.1989.tb00428.x
Subject(s) - french , praxis , sociology , humanities , epistemology , philosophy
Cet article évoque en premier lieu les moments‐clés de l'institutionnalisation de la sociologie québécoise francophone en tant que discipline et profession. Il examine, dans un deuxiéme temps, certains des traits globaux d'un système social qui se constitura parallèlement à celui du Canada anglais. Sont ensuite présentés les grands axes analytiques auxquels obéit la production scientifique québécoise. On y découvre alors l'existence d'une jonction entre une sociologie de la praxis d'une part et d'autre part, une sociologie de la domination. L'examen de la sociologie des mouvements sociaux et de la sociologie des rapports de sexes vient illustrer nos propos. This article focusses first of all on the institutionalization of Francophone sociology in Québec, sociology being considered here both as a discipline and as a profession. Attention is also given to the main features of a social system which has become separate and distinct from English‐Canadian sociology. We then go on to examine the major analytical axes which characterize this body of knowledge. What emerges is the presence in francophone Québec sociology, of two foci; the affirmation of praxis and collective social action is coupled with an emphasis on structural factors, such as domination, which constrain social action. A closer examination of the sociology of social movements and of the sociology of gender relations illustrates the polarization between social praxis and social critique.