Le compromis, rationalité et valeur. Esquisse d’une approche sociologique

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.