The Anthem Companion to Norbert Elias

Herausgeber: Law, Alex; Mennell, Stephen

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book brings together authoritative chapters by leading experts in the sociology of Elias. It charts Elias's ambition to create an integrative sociological framework across a wide range of studies and assesses its continuing relevance for addressing significant issues facing sociology today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9781839986673
• ISBN-10: 1839986670
• Artikelnr.: 64109397

Autorenporträt

Alex Law is Professor of Sociology at Abertay University. Law has written widely on social theory, nationalism, and social change. He is currently working on a book focusing on the civilizing process and the Scottish Enlightenment. Stephen Mennell is Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University College Dublin, and General Editor, The Collected Works of Norbert Elias (18 vols).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Sociological Promise of Norbert Elias
Alex Law and Stephen Mennell
Chapter One - Norbert Elias: Genesis of a Determined Thinker
Adrian Jitschin
Chapter Two - Knowledge, Science and Method: The Sociological Practice of Norbert Elias
Jason Hughes and Stephen Mennell
Chapter Three - Norbert Elias's Comparative Historical Sociology: Against Process Reduction
Marta Bucholc
Chapter Four - Power and Process: Norbert Elias and the Paradox of Inequalities
Michael Dunning and Jason Hughes
Chapter Five - Norbert Elias and Shifting Gender Relations
Stefanie Ernst
Chapter Six - Travelling with Elias: Figurations and the Racialising Process in South Africa
Liz Stanley
Chapter Seven - Excitement Processes, Embodiment and Power Relations in Sport and Leisure
Katie Liston and Joseph Maguire
Chapter Eight - Warfare, Survival Units, National Habitus and Nationalism: Norbert Elias's
Contribution to Political Sociology
Lars Bo Kaspersen and Norman Gabriel
Chapter Nine - Elias's Contribution to International Relations Theory: Towards a Global Sociology
AurélieLacassagne
Chapter Ten - Crime, Government and Civilisation: Rethinking Elias in Criminology
Robert van Krieken
Chapter Eleven
Art and the Civilising Process
Alex Law
Chapter Twelve
From Social Mobility to Channels of Opportunity: Norbert Elias and Education
Eric Lybeck
Appendix: Published Works of Norbert Elias in English
Index