The Sociology of Norbert EliasOver recent years there has been a steady upsurge of interest in the work of Norbert Elias. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the key aspects of Elias's work and then applies an Eliasian approach to key topics in contemporary sociology such as race, class, gender, religion, epistemology and nationalism. The editors have brought together a distinguished group of international sociologists and this book will not only change the course of Elias studies but be a valuable resource for both students and scholars alike. |
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Contents
Towards a central theory the scope and relevance of the sociology of Norbert Elias | 1 |
Sociology as a human science Norbert Elias and the sociology of knowledge | 23 |
From distance to detachment knowledge and selfknowledge in Eliass theory of involvement and detachment | 25 |
Ecology human nature and civilizing processes biology and sociology in the work of Norbert Elias | 42 |
Between the real and the reined Elias on time | 59 |
Aspects of the figurational dynamics of racial stratification a conceptual discussion and developmental analysis of blackwhite relations in the United S... | 75 |
Decivilizing and demonizing the remaking of the black America ghetto | 95 |
Elias on class and stratification | 122 |
Not so exceptional? Stateformation processes in America | 157 |
Armed peace on the pacifying condition for the cooperative of states | 175 |
Changing regimes of manners and emotions from disciplining to informalizing | 193 |
Elias and modern penal development | 212 |
Elias Freud and Goffman shame as the master emotion | 229 |
Weber and Elias on religion and violence warrior charisma and the civilizing process | 245 |
Christian religion and the European civilizing process the views of Norbert Elias and Max Weber compared in the context of the Augustinian and Lu... | 265 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Sociology of Norbert Elias |
| Editors | Steven Loyal, Stephen Quilley |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0521535093, 9780521535090 |
| Length | 289 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Sociology / General |
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