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Another European Tradition: traceability of the social and the vindication of Gabriel Tarde

LSE European Institute, Sciences Po Paris, Forum for European Philosophy, French Embassy: 2008 Franco-British Europe dialogue series

Date: Monday 4 February 2008
Time:
6:30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Bruno Latour
Chair: Professor Nikolas Rose

A rival of Durkheim, Gabriel Tarde was right to argue that the subject matter of sociology is not society but connections. The understanding of the social cannot be separated from the study of other associations.

Bruno Latour is a philosopher and a sociologist and vice president for research at Sciences Po.

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The next event organised by the European Institute will take place on Thursday 14 February and is entitled A Lecture by Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania.

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