Abstract

REGO, Teresa Cristina  and  MORAES, José Geraldo Vinci de. Individualization and processes of identity construction today: the perspective of François de Singly. Educ. Pesqui. [online]. 2017, vol.43, n.2, pp.585-617. ISSN 1678-4634.  https://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-97022017430200201.

This paper presents reflections by François de Singly, considered today one of the most influential character in French sociology, professor of sociology at the Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales – Sorbonne of the Université Paris Descartes (France) and also a researcher of Cerlis (Centre de Recherche sur les Liens Sociaux), associated with CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique). The strength of Singly´s argumentation, the creativity and consistence of his analyses, the breadth of the bibliographical references that support his views, the rigor of his empirical work and, especially, the up-to-dateness of the problems he deals with represent a creative intercommunication with all those interested in understanding the particularity of the processes of formation of the contemporary individual within a hybrid context of multiple references for identity construction. His efforts to build a theoretical and analytical framework capable of integrating micro and macro dimensions are undoubtedly remarkable as it turns out to be an effective support for today´s debate about burning issues in the human and social sciences.

Keywords : Processes of individualization; Identity construction; Contemporary society; Social bonds; Sociology of the relational individual.

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