Roger Establet, the French educational sociologist, died on April 8, 2026, aged 87 or 88.
Born in 1938, he was a scholar of the sociology of education and an emeritus professor at the University of Provence. A student of Louis Althusser, he entered the École normale supérieure in 1959 after studying at the lycée in Nice and at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, where he earned degrees in philosophy and sociology.
He also collaborated often with Christian Baudelot and took part in Althusser’s Reading Capital project.
Roger Establet, 87–88, French educational sociologist.