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Professor of Sociology, Centre Max-Weber (UMR 5283), Université Lumière Lyon 2
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Thirty years of family sociology in France: Changes and new directions (1990–2020)
In Recherches familiales (2023/1 No 20)
Sociology of siblings: Mutual aid and differentiation
In Rhizome (2023/3 No 86)
Death in Contemporary Societies: Testing Norbert Elias’ Argument
In L’Année sociologique (2001/1 Vol. 51)
Consecrating the Child
Perspectives on a Contemporary Passion
- By Jean-Hugues Déchaux,
- Translated by Amy Jacobs-Colas
In Revue française de sociologie (2014/3 Vol. 55)
Choisir ses enfants. Conception, génétique et handicap [Choosing Children: Genes, Disability and Design] by Jonathon Glover: reconciling the freedom of parents and the interests of the child
Labor et Fides, coll. « Champ éthique », 2020, 208 p.
In Revue française des affaires sociales (2022/1)
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Anne-Sophie Giraud, L’être anténatal. Dynamiques parentales, médicales et juridiques. Foreword by Irène Théry.
Paris, Éditions de la MSH, 2024, 216 p., €23.
In Revue française de sociologie (2025/1)
About the "Families, Intimacies, Borders" seminar. La sociologie de la famille à l’ère de la globalisation
- By Jean-Hugues Déchaux
- and Lia Lombardi
In Revue des politiques sociales et familiales (2025/1 n°153)
Sociology of siblings: Mutual aid and differentiation
In Rhizome (2023/3 No 86)
Thirty years of family sociology in France: Changes and new directions (1990–2020)
In Recherches familiales (2023/1 No 20)
[Critical review]
Choisir ses enfants. Conception, génétique et handicap [Choosing Children: Genes, Disability and Design] by Jonathon Glover: reconciling the freedom of parents and the interests of the child
Labor et Fides, coll. « Champ éthique », 2020, 208 p.
In Revue française des affaires sociales (2022/1)
Genetic individualism: The genetic testing market, biotechnologies and transhumanism
- By Jean-Hugues Déchaux,
- Translated by Amy Jacobs-Colas
In Revue française de sociologie (2019/1 Vol. 60)
The hypothesis of the “tailor-made baby”
In Revue française des affaires sociales (2017/3)
Lesbian families in the reproductive bio-economy
In Ethnologie française (2017/3 Vol. 47)
Why do we give birth?
In Projet (2017/4 No 359)
Kinship, the “Polytheism of Values,” and Deliberation: Variations on Weber
In Négociations (2016/1 No 25)
Consecrating the Child
Perspectives on a Contemporary Passion
- By Jean-Hugues Déchaux,
- Translated by Amy Jacobs-Colas
In Revue française de sociologie (2014/3 Vol. 55)
The Place of Brothers and Sisters in Kinship during Adult Life
In Informations sociales (2012/5 No 173)
Family in the Era of Individualism
In Projet (2011/3 No 322)
Acting in a Situation: Disposition and Framing Effects
In Revue française de sociologie (2010/4 Vol. 51)
A “Cognitive Turn” in Sociology?
Contributions and Debates
In Revue française de sociologie (2010/4 Vol. 51)
Rousseau and the Symbolic Bond between People: Contributions to a Structural Individualism
In Sociologie (2010/2 Vol. 1)
What “Individualism” Cannot Account for: The Case of the Family
In Esprit (2010/6 June)
The Work of Parenting and Parenting: Are They One and the Same?
In Informations sociales (2009/4 No 154)
Kinship Studies: Neoclassicism and New Wave
A Critical Review
In Revue française de sociologie (2008/5 Vol. 49)
Brotherly Kindness and Its Limitations : Moral Support Among Adult Cousins
In L’Année sociologique (2007/1 Vol. 57)
Lifelong Family Solidarity and Support
Uneven Practices
In Informations sociales (2007/1 No 137)
Kinship Studies: Neoclassicism and New Wave
A Critical Review
In Revue française de sociologie (2006/3 Vol. 47)
German Culture and Friendship: Three Models of Aide
In Revue européenne des sciences sociales (2004/1 XLII)