145115 20260505135413.0 doi 10.1177/13684310241270435 sideral 139920 ART-2025-139920 eng Casas-Cortés, Maribel Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-9390-4022 Rethinking mobility in social theory: Yann Moulier-Boutang and the motor of history 2025 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted This paper argues for reengaging the work on the primordial role of mobility advanced by Yann Moulier-Boutang, especially in his seminal book De l’esclavage au salariat: Economie historique du salariat bride (1998). His re-centering of historicity highlights the transformative potential of human mobility in broader social processes, resonating with the unique readings advanced by W.E.B. Du Bois. We identify how Moulier-Boutang’s emphasis on the long-term effects of human mobility is key to rethink concepts such as agency, social struggles, and controls. This paper introduces this referential theorist to an English-language audience where his work on migration is less known, despite being praised as one of the early founders of a burgeoning tradition known as autonomy of migration. Ultimately, this paper discerns ways in which the autonomous gaze toward migration and border policies substantially contributes to social theory. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/RYC-2018-024990-I info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es 1.4 2024 SOCIOLOGY 108 / 220 = 0.491 2024 Q2 T2 1.132 2024 Sociology and Political Science 2024 Q1 5.6 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Cobarrubias, Sebastián (orcid)0000-0003-0337-8271 4009 030 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Antropología Social 28, 3 (2025), 431–452 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL THEORY EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL THEORY 1368-4310 327468 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/145115/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 1179753 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/145115/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:145115 articulos driver 2026-05-05-13:52:59 ARTICLE