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On the European side: a new sociological field

There is an old/new sociological field emerging and developing in Europe, i.e. existential sociology. A very promising sub-discipline inside sociology as a whole. New in Europe, but not so new in the US, as a matter of fact. Edward Tiryakian has been quite a pioneer in that field. In the early 1960s he stressed the necessary and potentially fruitful relations between existentialist philosophy (mainly European) and sociology (Tiryakian 1962, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1973). However, he never came to the point to propose the creation of a real existential sociology. Other Americans have done so (Douglas and Johnson 1977). Is that innovation specific to American sociology? One could suppose it: In their many books and articles, one does not find any reference to other sociological cultures. Too bad, indeed. In Europe, existential sociology does exist, at least since 1985 and the presidential address of one of the founders of the French-speaking sociologists international association (AISLF: Association Internationale des Sociologues de Langue Française), Marcel Bolle De Bal, but also without reference to the American literature in that field (Bolle De Bal 1986). Amazing spontaneous birth on the two sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Spontaneous but meaningful: It reveals a shared need of a new sociological branch, of a more humane sociology. But unlike the US-American writings, the Belgian sociologist did not start from philosophy in its existentialist dimension (Sartre, Merleau-Poty, etc.) but from his experience as a psycho-sociologist in group dynamics. However, one must recognize that the American and European researchers agree to build an interdisciplinary form of sociology, enriched by analyses from psychology and philosophy, both devoted to study problems of human existence.