French Sociologists Debate the Killings at Charlie Hebdo
Can the social sciences offer “on-the-spot” commentary about the events of January 7-9, 2015 (the deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris and the anti-Semitic killing at a kosher supermarket)? Or is it better to keep our distance, letting media intellectuals – that French species so hostile to the sociological endeavor – take over? To remain silent seems particularly difficult after the events that both shattered...