Raymond Boudon
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Raymond Boudon is a French sociologist.
He is a Professor in the University of Paris-Sorbonne
, and is a member of many important institutions: Académie des Sciences morales et politiques, Academia Europaea, British Academy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, International Academy of Human Sciences of St Petersburg, Central European Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He has been a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
and an invited professor notably at Harvard, Oxford University, and the Universities of Geneva
, Chicago
, and Stockholm
.
A biographical study of him by Jean-Michel Morin was published in 2006.
He is a Professor in the University of Paris-Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
, and is a member of many important institutions: Académie des Sciences morales et politiques, Academia Europaea, British Academy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, International Academy of Human Sciences of St Petersburg, Central European Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He has been a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences is an American interdisciplinary research body in Stanford, California focusing on the social sciences and humanities . Fellows are elected in a closed process, to spend a period of residence at the Center, released from other duties...
and an invited professor notably at Harvard, Oxford University, and the Universities of Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, and Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
.
A biographical study of him by Jean-Michel Morin was published in 2006.
Selected publications
- Education, Opportunity and Social Inequality (1974)
- The Logic of Social Action (1981)
- Theories of Social Change (1986)
- The Analysis of Ideology (1989)
- The Art of Self-Persuasion (1994)
- The Origin of Values (2000)