Norbert Elias on civilization, power, and knowledge: selected writings
"Nobert Elias (1897-1990) is among the great sociologists of the twentieth century. This volume is a carefully chosen collection of Elias's most important writings and includes many of his most brilliant 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. The result is a consistent and stimulating look at one of sociology's founding…
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- Full title :Norbert Elias on civilization, power, and knowledge : selected writings / edited and with an introduction by Stephen Mennell and Johan Goudsblom.
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"Nobert Elias (1897-1990) is among the great sociologists of the twentieth century. This volume is a carefully chosen collection of Elias's most important writings and includes many of his most brilliant 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. The result is a consistent and stimulating look at one of sociology's founding thinkers."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:©1998.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication:Chicago
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1998.
The Physical Object
- Description:ix, 302 pages ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0226204316, 9780226204314, 0226204324, 9780226204321
- oclc:ocm36857508
- LC Classification:HM26
- Dewey Decimal:301/.01
Table of Contents
I. Civilization. The Social Constraint towards Self-Constraint -- Diminishing Contrasts, Increasing Varieties -- The Development of the Concept of Civilite -- The Changing Functions of Etiquette -- Mozart: The Artist in the Human Being -- The Loneliness of the Dying -- II. Power. Game Models -- On the Monopoly Mechanism -- The Decay of the State Monopoly of Violence in the Weimar Republic -- The Genesis of Sport in Antiquity -- The Changing Balance of Power between the Sexes in Ancient Rome -- III. Knowledge. Involvement and Detachment -- Observations on Gossip -- Time and Timing -- Homo Clausus: The Thinking Statues.
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