Antinomies et analogies comme outils transversaux en sociologie : en partant de Proudhon et de Passeron

Abstract

The paper proposes the notions of "antinomies" and of "balance of the opposite" (Pierre-Joseph Proudhon), then of "analogies" (Ludwig Wittgenstein, Paul Ricœur and Jean-Claude Passeron), as transverse instruments of sociology in dialogue with philosophy’s "game of knowledge". Three dimensions of sociology’s "game of knowledge" are then explored, by means of these tools: ontological, epistemological and theoretical. This reflexive and forward-looking investigation joins in the reconstruction of global frames in social sciences, different from the arrogance of totality without falling for all that in the "postmodern" crumbling.

Keywords

• commitment
• reflexivity
• antinomy
• analogy
• sociological ontology
• sociological epistemology