Abstract
Despite its large scope and the multitude of objects it addresses, Touraine’s work is driven by a central thesis, i.e. the existing tension between the social actor and the system. He has developed this argument on several themes: work, post-industrial society, social movements and the idea of subject. In all cases, Touraine opposes the subject - its rights and its subjectivity - to the logics of domination and of the functioning of society.
Being a left-wing intellectual, Touraine, however, is not an organic intellectual of the political parties and social movements that he supports. The whole of his scientific work aims at highlighting the opposition between the subject’s work and the established ideologies.
Keywords:
Sociological Intervention; Social Movement; Historical Subject