Une lecture épistémologique de la théorie des parties prenantes

Our paper tries to show that the validity, the legitimacy and the performativity of the theory of the stakeholders, rest on a double epistemological logic, at the same time philosophical and sociological. Our approach of the theory consists in identifying the principal problematic configurations of which the resolution allowed its construction. The methodology of our research is inspired by the " archaeological " step developed by Foucault in various fields of knowledge. It rests on a critical analysis of research, with an aim of observing the evolution of the relationship between the process of theoriza-tion in the course of construction and the practices of management which it inspires and which it takes as a starting point.