Maurice Halbwachs in Strasbourg a Rationalist Philosophy in Action

Maurice Halbwachs' Strasbourg period was particularly fruitful: he published six seminal works and more than 250 notes, articles and recensions. In all the work conducted at this time, he defended the sociological point of view against spiritualism, still dominant at that time. He contributed to a universalization of the social sciences and developed a rigorous methodological and epistemological thought process, structuring his analyses on moderate materialism. His life's work demonstrates his determination to apply a rationalist philosophy of knowledge to the social mode. Adapted from the source document.