Norbert Elias : an introduction
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Norbert Elias : an introduction
Blackwell Publishers, 1992
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Originally published: Oxford, U.K. ; New York, N.Y. U.S.A. : Basil Blackwell, 1989
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Norbert Elias is one of the most important intellectual figures of the 20th century. His pioneering work "The Civilizing Process" traces the "civilizing" of manners and personality in Western Europe since the late Middle Ages, showing how that was related to the formation of states and monopolization of power within them. Stephen Mennell's own work, including "All Manners of Food", is informed by Elias's approach to the study of society, and in this book, he provides a critical study of the characteristics and development of Elias's thought and traces its influence on recent European sociology.
Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction 1. Norbert Elias: A Determined Life in Uncertain Times Part II: The Civilizing Process 2. Manners 3. States and Courts 4. The Civilizing Process Overall: Sociogenesis and Psychogenesis Part III: Extensions 5. Established/Outsider Relationships and Functional Democratization 6. Sport and Violence 7. Involvement and Detachment: A Theory of Knowledge and the Sciences 8. The Development of the Social Sciences 9. Humanity as a Whole Part IV: Issues 10. Civilization and Decivilization 11. Some Principles of Process Sociology.
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