Jonathan L. Fletcher

Violence and Civilization

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an introduction to the work of Norbert Elias. It is the first systematic appraisal of two central themes of his thought - violence and civilization. Although Elias is best known for his theory of civilizing processes, this study highlights the crucial importance of the concept of decivilizing processes.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Polity Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 153mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 334g
• ISBN-13: 9780745618791
• ISBN-10: 0745618790
• Artikelnr.: 21830331

Autorenporträt

Jonothan Fletcher is currently a researcher in Brussels.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements ix
1 Introduction 1
2 Civilization, Habitus and Civilizing Processes 6
The development of civilization as a concept 6
Changes in social and individual habitus 10
Socialization, aggression and shame 21
3 Violence, Habitus and State Formation 31
Violence monopolies and pacification 31
Linearity, development and evolution 39
On the concepts of violence and civilization 45
4 Identity, Violence and Process Models 55
Interdependence, social bonds and the we-I balance 55
Established-outsider relations 70
Criteria of civilizing and decivilizing processes 82
5 Social Habitus and Civilizing Processes in England 88
State formation and pacification 89
Public opinion and national ideals 96
Sport and violence: the example of foxhunting 107
6 Nationalism and Decivilizing Processes in Germany 116
State formation and national identification 117
Violence in the imperial establishment 123
Violence in the Weimar Republic 134
7 Genocide and Decivilizing Processes in Germany 148
National ideals and the rise of the Nazis 148
Mass murder and national we-identity 158
Civilization, 'modernity' and decivilizing processes 166
8 Elias on Violence, Civilization and Decivilization 176
Notes 185
References 197
Index 209