Jean-Claude Passeron, co-author of a landmark study of French education, dies at 95
The sociologist, best known for the books he wrote with Pierre Bourdieu, died on October 30, according to Le Monde.
Jean-Claude Passeron, one of the founding figures of French sociology, died on October 30 at the age of 95, Le Monde reported.
He is best known for two books written with Pierre Bourdieu, "Les Héritiers" and "La Reproduction", which examined how the French education system reproduces social inequality. According to Le Monde, Passeron also founded sociology departments at the universities of Nantes, Vincennes and Marseille.
Le Monde's obituary does not detail his later career or his other individual writings; readers of "Les Héritiers" and "La Reproduction" will recognize his name from the title pages alongside Bourdieu's.
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