Approches critiques du travail industriel entre les deux guerres : la place de Georges Friedmann ; Critical approaches to industrial work between the two wars: Georges Friedmann Square

What place did Georges Friedmann have, between the two World wars and before his break with Communism, among other critical intellectuals and observers of the world of labour in industry? The works of three authors, L. Martin with his concrete method in the social sciences; the pastor Bremond with his differential sociology; and H. Dubreuil, a former member of the CGT labour union and a witness to the working conditions in American factories serve to highlight the originality and biases in Friedmann’s thought. This article is an exercise in applying epistemology to problems of direct concern to us, namely: the relations between methods and commitments, between science and ideology, and between the scientific posture and the production of knowledge. ; Quelle est la place de G. Friedmann, parmi les autres intellectuels ou observateurs critiques du monde du travail ouvrier, dans l’entre-deux-guerres, avant sa rupture avec le communisme ?Pour répondre à cette question, G. Ribeill choisit trois auteurs, L. Martin, A. Brémond et H. Dubreuil qui mettent en relief l’originalité et les partis pris de la pensée de G. Friedmann. Au-delà de la page d’histoire, cet article traite de problèmes qui nous concernent directement : la relation entre méthode et engagement, entre science et idéologie, les rapports entre posture scientifique et production de connaissances.