For its second thematic issue, the review “Sociétés Plurielles” looks at the epistemologies of the plural, which vary from one discipline to another. Six articles have been selected, written by a range of sociologists, including a specialist in philosophy. More abstract social scientists have offered their reflections on the conditions for knowledge of a plural reality from a broad perspective, while a specialist in information and communication sciences deals with the rhetoric of diversity in the business world. A sociologist specialising in migration also makes a contribution focusing on the use of the notion of “diversity” in academic and political circles. Other sociologists examine the ways in which plurality is experienced in the context of globalisation. And other articles show that thinking about the plural can lead us to examine other concepts, such as “type” or “race”, and to reflect on a principle that was once considered intangible – that of the duality of the sexes – a norm that is now being called into question in favour of a more complex vision of the reality of gender. It is clear from these contributions that thinking about the concepts of plural or plurality requires an almost obligatory reflection on their antonym(s). The multiplicity of terms related or correlated either to the notion of plural or to that of its opposite, the singular, leads us to broaden the field of analysis.
