Georges Balandier
Georges Balandier (born 21 December 1920) is a French sociologist, anthropologist and ethnologist noted for his research in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is currently a professor emeritus at the Sorbonne (Université René Descartes, Paris-V), and is a member of the Center for African Studies (Centre d'études africaines [Ceaf]), a research center of the École pratique des hautes études (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences).
Literature
- Anthropologie Politique, Paris: PUF, 1967; 5th edition, 1999 review.
- Le désordre: Éloge du mouvement, Paris: Fayard, 1988.
- El desorden. La teoría del caos y las ciencias sociales, trans. Beatriz Lopez, Barcelona: Gedisa, 1988; 3rd edition, 1993. (in Spanish)
- Civilisation et Puissance, Paris: L'Aube, 2005
