This article was the basis of an address to the Japanese Sociological Society, Tohoku University. We revisit the main points of the public sociology. It is made taking into account the capitalist system international crisis. I do believe as sociologists, despite national traditions and global inequalities, we do share a common interest, and even mission, to combat the market fundamentalism that has spread throughout the world - a project that is now showing signs of fissure and exhaustion. Despite the measures against crisis put forward by governments sociologists have their own interest in channeling the counter-movements toward a stronger and more democratic civil society and a more robust and inclusive public sphere.
public sociology; civil society; public sphere; market fundamentalism
