Daniel Colson

Daniel Colson (; 1943 – 9 January 2026) was a French sociologist and academic.

After discovering Marxism and anarchism while a student at the University of Lyon, Colson led the Lyon chapter of the and witnessed the events of May 68. He defended his doctoral thesis in 1983 and became a sociology professor at Jean Monnet University. In March 2016, he notably signed an open letter alongside Pierre Alféri, , , and Éric Hazan calling for labor reform.

Colson died on 9 January 2026, at the age of 82.

Publications Anarcho-Syndicalisme et Communisme. Saint-Étienne 1920-1925 (1986) La compagnie des fonderies forges et aciéries de Saint-Étienne (1865-1914) , autonomie et subjectivité techniques (1998) Petit lexique philosophique de l'anarchisme de Proudhon à Deleuze (2001) Trois essais de philosophie anarchiste : Islam, histoire, monadologie (2004) L'Anarchisme de Malatesta (2010) Proudhon et l'anarchie (2017) La Gryffe - La longue histoire d’une librairie libertaire (2020)