Compromise, rationality and value - Outline of a sociological approach

The authors Propose a reflection on the status of compromise in European sociological tradition, and more particularly in two classical authors, Durkheim and Weber, as well as in several contemporary authors who follow in Weber's footsteps. After having noted the absence of any reference to the idea of compromise in Durkheim's work, they posit that it is nevertheless possible to detect the presence of compromise as an implicit category in Weber's writings, notably through his distinction between different ethics. While it is explicitly present in the contemporary authors examined, the concept is related to the different proceduralization theories found in Habermas, Crozier, Sainsaulieu and Reynaud.