Le chercheur et l’engagement. Une affaire de contrat

In a world of increased circulation of knowledge due to the development of communication networks, where speech tends to impose itself without any questioning of the legitimacy or the credibility of its author, the problem of the place given to the voice of the Humanities and the Social Sciences scholar in this more or less organized concert of voices becomes all the more important. We must ask: (1) what is a critical discourse? Is it an integral part of the Social Sciences and the Humanities or is it characteristic of a specific discipline? (2) What does it finally mean “to interpret” in the Humanities and the Social Sciences? Should this activity remain within a given discipline or should it be subject to a series of comparisons? (3) What discursive roles can the scholar hold in a situation where he is required to transfer his knowledge to laymen and how can he avoid confusing them? (4) Finally, what are the possible stances for the scholar with regard to these diverse activities? This paper’s aim is to try answering such questions, from the personal perspective of a scholar who wishes to convey his own experience.

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