Jean-Claude Passeron

Jean-Claude Passeron (born November 26, 1930 in Nice ) is a French sociologist . Before retiring, he was director of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Marseille . In German-speaking countries, Passeron became known for his research on the sociology of education , which he carried out together with Pierre Bourdieu .

Life

Passeron graduated from an École normal supérieure , graduated from the Agrégation for Philosophy in 1958 and turned to sociology since 1960 . After working as an assistant at the Sorbonne and teaching at the University of Nantes , Passeron was involved in the founding of the reform university Vincennes (Paris VIII), where he also became a lecturer. He then worked as research director at the Center national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), where he worked with Bourdieu. The best-known result of the joint work was first published in German-speaking countries in 1971 under the title The Illusion of Equal Opportunities .

Passeron later moved back to Nantes , where he worked as a department head at a research institute and received his habilitation in 1980 . Soon afterwards he moved to EHESS in Marseille, whose director he eventually became. Even after the separation from Bourdieu, the sociology of education remained, in addition to the sociology of culture , a focus of Passeron.

Individual evidence

↑ Biographical information is based on: Hans Leo Krämer, Passeron, Jean-Claude . In: Wilhelm Bernsdorf , Horst Knospe (Ed.): Internationales Soziologenlexikon. Vol. 2, Enke, Stuttgart 1984, pp. 652 f.
↑ Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron: Les héritiers: les étudiants et la culture , Les Éditions de Minuit, series. “Grands documents” No. 18, Paris 1964: German partial translation: The illusion of equal opportunities. Studies on the sociology of education using the example of France , translated by Barbara and Robert Picht, edited by Irmgard Hartig, Klett, Stuttgart 1971; full translation: The heirs. Students, education and culture , translated by Stephan Egger and Eva Kessler, UVK, Konstanz 2007.

personal data
SURNAME	Passeron, Jean-Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 26, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nice

[1] Biographical information is based on: Hans Leo Krämer, Passeron, Jean-Claude . In: Wilhelm Bernsdorf , Horst Knospe (Ed.): Internationales Soziologenlexikon. Vol. 2, Enke, Stuttgart 1984, pp. 652 f.

[2] Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron: Les héritiers: les étudiants et la culture , Les Éditions de Minuit, series. “Grands documents” No. 18, Paris 1964: German partial translation: The illusion of equal opportunities. Studies on the sociology of education using the example of France , translated by Barbara and Robert Picht, edited by Irmgard Hartig, Klett, Stuttgart 1971; full translation: The heirs. Students, education and culture , translated by Stephan Egger and Eva Kessler, UVK, Konstanz 2007.