%0 Journal Article %T Meaning and power %A Georges Leroux %J Champ P¨¦nal %D 2012 %I Champ p¨¦nal %R 10.4000/champpenal.8268 %X Cet essai propose un portrait moral et philosophique de Jean-Paul Brodeur. Retra ant divers moments de sa formation en philosophie et rappelant ses premiers int¨¦r¨ºts, je propose une esquisse de l¡¯¨¦volution de Jean-Paul Brodeur, ¨¤ partir d¡¯une critique de la philosophie sp¨¦culative men¨¦e au nom de l¡¯objectivit¨¦ des sciences sociales jusqu¡¯¨¤ l¡¯adoption d¡¯un point de vue critique au sein m¨ºme de la discipline criminologique. This essay presents a moral and philosophical portrait of Jean-Paul Brodeur. By charting various key moments of his philosophical education and reminding the reader what his initial research interests were, I outline how Jean-Paul Brodeur¡¯s thinking developed, starting with a critique of philosophy¡¯s speculative tendencies in the name of social sciences¡¯ objectivity, culminating with a number of criticisms formulated against his own discipline, criminology. %K criminology %K ethics %K Jean-Paul Brodeur %K norm %K philosophy %K criminologie %K ¨¦thique %K Jean-Paul Brodeur %K norme %K philosophie %U http://champpenal.revues.org/8268