La sociologia della crisi in Alain Touraine

Abstract

From the sociological point of view, not only, the economic crisis is the cause of painful changes for people, but also, it represents the effect of a wider political and social crisis. With this assumption, Alain Touraine tries to look after the economic crisis and, through a situation that he calls «post-social», he tries to observe new actors and a possible innovation of social and political institutions. The paper explores some essential features of this original analysis, highlighting the main theoretical tools.