L'esprit de l'alpinisme
The spirit of mountaineering Une sociologie de l'excellence, du XIXe siècle au XXIe siècle
A sociology of excellence, from the 19th to the 21st century Sociétés, Espaces, Temps
This work, both a historical and sociological survey drawn from a doctoral thesis in sociology, shows how a form of excellence developed in mountaineering as a particular field of practice. the object of this investigation is to reveal how the ideologies of the English bourgeoisie who gave birth to it live on in the spirit of mountaineering.
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