Clinical sociology: general presentation
The specificity of clinical sociology is linked to its way of approaching social and institutional phenomena, in a dimension that is both theoretical (part of a comprehensive tradition and articulating both the understanding of the society and the subject, taking into account its psycho-analytical foundations) and political (which stresses the need for a clinical approach of the social dimension that goes beyond its critic).
At the core of the clinical sociological approach are the contradictions between objectivity and subjectivity, between structures and actors, between the weight of determinism and the ability of the individuals to make history, between rationality and irrationality. Beyond the social actor, clinical sociology is interested in the subject, including in its affective and existential dimensions.
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16 et 17 juin 2025 – Partage de supports et de références autour des communications du colloque “Richesse de la sociologie clinique”
16 et 17 juin 2025 – Quelques images du colloque international de sociologie clinique
Congrès de l’AFS, Toulouse 2025 : programme du RT 16 “sociologie clinique”
Les rencontres du Cirfip – Cycle des conférences 2025 avec des membres du RISC
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Parution : “Les chemins de l’exil. Les luttes d’une femme d’Amérique Latine
Programme du colloque international “Richesse de la sociologie clinique”
Soutenance de thèse : “Être lean. Entre fascination et incarnation : la quête d’amélioration continue de soi des Black Belts”
