The legacy of Raymond Boudon APSTRAKT: Rad predstavlja kratak prikaz dela savremenog francuskog sociologa Rejmona Budona. Analiza obuhvata Budonov akademski razvoj, intelektualne uticaje i najvažnije radove. U radu se polazi od toga da su najvažniji Budonov doprinos sociologiji njegova teorija društvene pokretljivosti, metodološki individualizam i pojam kognitivne racionalnosti. KLJUČNE REČI: Društvena pokretljivost, metodološki individualizam, kognitivna racionalnost ABSTRACT: The paper is a short overview of the work of a contemporary French sociologist Raymond Boudon. The paper focuses on the following aspects of Boudon's biography: academic trajectory, intellectual influences, and his major works. It is argued that his major contributions to sociology include his theory of social mobility, methodological individualism and the concept of cognitive rationality.