Abstract
This article presents a review of the work of Francis Chateauraynaud, situating the author within the context of French pragmatic sociology and discussing his main contributions to the current. Chateauraynaud stands out as one of the main names of this movement that emerged in mid-1980s France, participating actively in its renewal from the following decade. Emphasis is given in the article to the theoretical dimension of his work, especially the complexification of the pragmatic reflection on the production of critique, which the author primarily does through a synthesis of the perceptual and dialogical elements of social action. In the process, the article accompanies the evolution of his sociology of perception into a pragmatics of transformations.
Keywords
Francis Chateauraynaud; pragmatic sociology; perception; public problems; socio-environmental controversies