Frank Farrugia

SUMMARY The category of narrative syndrome as constructed here is mobilized as an aspect of the sociology of knowledge, of forms of conscience and of sensibility. It aims to promote an understanding of the subjective genesis of worldviews and of the mode of existence of the social individuals in the world, in relation to the fundamental narratives which found their identity. This analysis, at once genealogical and constructivist, brings into play the theories of Halbwachs and also draws inspiration from phenomenology and psychoanalysis, in order to apprehend the actors’internal perceptions, emotions and cognitions as part and parcel of the situations in which they occur. These syndromes can be observed in real life and in literature alike, they are the context within which the experience of discourse and the discourse of experience are inextricably linked in the perpetual narration of the events of the world.

L'analyse minutieuse de documents, mémoires et travaux s'accompagne d'entretiens avec des "grands-témoins" : Ansart, Balandier, Duvignaud, Lévi-Strauss, Mendras, Namer, Touraine. Tous se souviennent de Gurvitch, personnage-focal de cette recherche, mais aussi d'Aron, Friedmann, Stoetzel, etc. Les temps forts et les conflits de la discipline, les réseaux, les jeux et enjeux, les oppositions d'écoles font ici l'objet d'une interprétation qui fournit une mine d'informations sur les faits, théories et auteurs d'une époque ressaisie de l'intérieur.