Norbert Elias : on civilization, power, and knowledge : selected writings
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Norbert Elias : on civilization, power, and knowledge : selected writings
(The heritage of sociology)
University of Chicago Press, 1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-298) and index
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Nobert Elias (1897-1990) is described as one of the great sociologists of the 20th century. Born in Germany, Elias earned a doctorate in philosophy and then turned to sociology, working with Max Weber's younger brother, Alfred Weber, and with Karl Mannheim. He later fled the Nazi regime in 1935 and spent most of his life in Britain. He is best known for his book, "The Civilizing Process," wherein he traces the subtle changes in manners among the European upper classes since the Middle Ages, and shows how those seemingly innocuous changes in etiquette reflected profound transformations of power relations in society. He later applied these insights to a wide range of subjects, from art and culture to the control of violence, the sociology of sports, the development of knowledge and the sciences, and the methodology of sociology. This volume is a collection of Elias's most important writings, and includes many of his ideas. The development of Elias's thinking during the course of his long career is traced, along with a discussion of how his work relates to other major sociologists and how the various selections are interconnected.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction I: Civilization 1: The Social Constraint towards Self-Constraint 2: Diminishing Contrasts, Increasing Varieties 3: The Development of the Concept of Civilite 4: The Changing Functions of Etiquette 5: Mozart: The Artist in the Human Being 6: The Loneliness of the Dying II: Power 7: Game Models 8: On the Monopoly Mechanism 9: The Decay of the State Monopoly of Violence in the Weimar Republic 10: The Genesis of Sport in Antiquity 11: The Changing Balance of Power between the Sexes in Ancient Rome III: Knowledge 12: Involvement and Detachment 13: Observations on Gossip 14: Time and Timing 15: Homo Clausus: The Thinking Statues Bibliography Index
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Nobert Elias (1897-1990) is described as one of the great sociologists of the 20th century. Born in Germany, Elias earned a doctorate in philosophy and then turned to sociology, working with Max Weber's younger brother, Alfred Weber, and with Karl Mannheim. He later fled the Nazi regime in 1935 and spent most of his life in Britain. He is best known for his book, "The Civilizing Process," wherein he traces the subtle changes in manners among the European upper classes since the Middle Ages, and shows how those seemingly innocuous changes in etiquette reflected profound transformations of power relations in society. He later applied these insights to a wide range of subjects, from art and culture to the control of violence, the sociology of sports, the development of knowledge and the sciences, and the methodology of sociology. This volume is a collection of Elias's most important writings, and includes many of his ideas. The development of Elias's thinking during the course of his long career is traced, along with a discussion of how his work relates to other major sociologists and how the various selections are interconnected.
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