SOCIOLOG KOJI NIJE BIO OVDE: RACIONALNOST, ANTROPOLOGIJA I RAYMOND BOUDON
THE SOCIOLOGIST WHO WASN'T THERE: RATIONALITY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND RAYMOND BOUDON

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents an overview and a call for further appreciation of some of the most important ideas of the late French sociologist Raymond Boudon (1934-2013). The paper also deals with the possible reasons for the fact that, despite his global fame and influence, as well as the impact of his theories, Boudon was almost unknown in the region – with the exception of the recent translations of a little text dealing with morality (Boudon 2005b), and his intellectual autobiography, Sociology as a Science, in Zagreb (Boudon 2012). Boudon’s diagnosis of the reasons for the crisis of contemporary sociology – the destructive influence of postmodernism and deconstruction – can also be recognized by scholars from other disciplines. Some of Boudon’s ideas – especially in his considerations of rationality and relativism – also have important consequences for methodology of the social sciences in general, including anthropology. His important modifications of the rational choice theory had already an impact on how we interpret conflict in some parts of the world, especially East Africa.

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