Norbert Elias

The Civilizing Process stands out as Norbert Elias' greatest work, tracing the "civilizing" of manners and personality in Western Europe since the late Middle Ages by demonstrating how the formation of states and the monopolization of power within them changed Western society forever.

Sociogenetic and Psychogenetic Investigations

The Civilizing Process

Originally published in 1991 and now reissued by Continuum International, this book consists of three sections. The first, written in 1939, was either left out of Elias's most famous book, The Civilizing Process, or was written along with it. Part 2 was written between 1940 and 1960. Part 3 is from 1987. The entire book is a study of the unique relationship between the individual and society--Elias's best-known theme and the basis for the discipline of sociology.

Society of Individuals

John L Scotson

This new edition of this classic text from one of the major figures of world sociology includes an introduction published in English for the first time. In Norbert Elias's hands, a local community study of tense relations between an established group and outsiders becomes a microcosm that illuminates a wide range of sociological configurations including racial, ethnic, class and gender relations. The Established and the Outsiders examines the mechanisms of stigmatization, taboo and gossip, monopolization of power, collective fantasy and `we' and `they' images which support and reinforce divisions in society. Developing aspects of Elias's thinking that relate his work to current sociological concerns, it presents the

The Established and the Outsiders

The Germans

An Essay

Time

The Civilizing Process: Sociogenetic and Psychogenetic Investigations, Revised Edition

A discussion of techniques used by rulers to assert leadership and social control includes a comparison of the regimes of Louis XIV in France and Adolf Hitler in Germany

The Court Society

Portrait of a Genius

Mozart

The History of Manners

Ölmekte Olanların Yalnızlığı Üzerine

Looks at how social customs have changed from medieval times to the present and speculates on the social needs manners fulfill

Norbert (Late of Universities of Leicester Elias, Ghana Frankfurt and Bielefeld)

Norbert Elias has been described as among the great sociologists of the 20th century. A collection of his most important writings, this book sets out Elias' thinking during the course of his long career, with a discussion of how his work relates to that of other sociologists.

Selected Writings

On Civilization, Power, and Knowledge

Originally published in 1985, this is a short meditation by a great old man on people relating to other people who are dying, and the need for all of us to open up.

The Loneliness of the Dying

John L. Scotson

Etablierte und Außenseiter.

Eric Dunning

Discusses classical Greek wrestling, the English foxhunt, medieval ball games, and modern soccer, and examines the psychological, sociological, and biological aspects of sports

Sport and Leisure in the Civilizing Process

Quest for Excitement

Pierre Kamnitzer

La société de cour constitue un dispositif central dans la modification des sensibilités et des comportements de l'homme occidental au XVIIe et au XVIIIe siècle. C'est en son sein que s'élaborent les nouvelles relations entre les hommes, partant de nouvelles règles de comportement. Comme dans un laboratoire, s'y expérimentent le contrôle de soi et l'observation d'autrui, la maîtrise des émotions immodestes et des mouvements spontanés, la régulation de l'économie pulsionnelle, une définition plus exigeante de la pudeur. La société de cour, de par ses contraintes et ses règles, façonne une nouvelle structure de l'affectivité individuelle, un nouvel habitus psychique. Sa fonction historique est paradoxalement double. Elle fonde et affirme une distinction, celle qui sépare l'homme de cour du vulgaire. Mais la Cour, tout en préservant la spécificité minoritaire d'un style de vie, est aussi le point d'où se transmettent les nouvelles conduites, qui vont s'étendre aux autres couches de la société. Cette édition comporte pour la première fois l'Introduction, Sociologie et Histoire, inédite en français. Œuvre majeure de Norbert Elias, La Société de cour retrouve ainsi son intégralité originale.

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