Steven Loyal is a lecturer in sociology at University College Dublin. In addition to his interest in Elias he has research interests in theory and ethnic studies. His most recent book is The Sociology of Anthony Giddens (Pluto Press 2003).
Stephen Quilley is a lecturer in Sociology at University College Dublin and has taught in Manchester and Moscow. He has published on Elias, urban studies and the sociology of nature. His most recent book Exploring the Tomato: Transformations in Nature, Society and Economy (Edward Elgar 2002) was co-authored with Mark Harvey and Huw Benyon.
1. Towards a 'central theory': the scope and relevance of Norbert Elias
Stephen Quilley and Steven Loyal; Part I. Sociology as a Human Science:
Norbert Elias and the Sociology of Knowledge: 2. From distance to
detachment: knowledge and self-knowledge in Elias's theory of involvement
and detachment Richard Kilminster; 3. Ecology, 'human nature' and
civilising processes: biology and sociology in the work of Norbert Elias
Stephen Quilley; 4. Between the real and the reified: Elias on time Barry
Barnes; Part II. Processes of Stratification: Figurations of Race, Class
and Gender: 5. The figurational dynamics of racial stratification: a
conceptual discussion and developmental analysis of black-white relations
in the United States Eric Dunning; 6. Decivilising and demonising: the
social and symbolic remaking of the black ghetto and Elias in the dark
ghetto Loïc Wacquant; 7. Elias on class and stratification Steven Loyal; 8.
Elias on gender relations: the changing balance of power between the sexes
Christien Brinkgreve; Part III. The Formation of Individuals and States: 9.
Not so exceptional? State-formation processes in America Stephen Mennell;
10. Armed peace: on the pacifying condition for the co-operative of States
Paul Kapteyn; 11. Changing regimes of manners and emotions: from
disciplining to informalizing Cas Wouters; 12. Elias and modern penal
development John Pratt; 13. Elias, Freud and Goffman: shame as the master
emotion Thomas Scheff; Part IV. Religion and Civilising Processes: Weber
and Elias Compared: 14. Weber and Elias on religion and violence: warrior
charisma and the civilising process Bryan Turner; 15. Christian religion
and the European civilising process: the views of Norbert Elias and Max
Weber compared Johan Goudsblom.
