Reflections on Piaget's sociological studies

Reflecting on Piaget's recently translated collection of sociological studi es, we highlight some salient points in his approach to sociological issues . Ar the same time we attempt to explain the contrast between Piaget's sing ular influence in cognitive and developmental psychology with nothing compa rable in empirical sociology. We believe that our own social research is a genuine continuation of what had remained on a speculative level in Piaget. One of us focused on the constructive, the other on the interrelational as pect of Piaget's thought. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.