Norbert Elias

by Van Krieken,Robert

• ISBN13: 9780415104166
• ISBN10: 0415104165
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-05-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Robert Van Krieken's book provides a concise, comprehensive guide which locates Elias' work clearly within the development of sociology and also against the background of current debates. Between the 1930s and the 1980s he developed a unique approach to social theory which is now beginning to take root in contemporary social research and theory. Since the translation of his work into English began to accelerate in the 1980s, a growing number of books and articles on topics including health, sexuality, crime, national and ethnic identity, femininity and globalization, in a variety of disciplines, refer to Elias as an authority on the history of emotions, identity, violence, the body, and state formation.

Author Biography

Robert van Krieken is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sydney.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vi
Abbreviations	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
An Intellectual Sketch	p. 11
Towards a Theory of Human Society	p. 42
On Civilizing Processes	p. 84
Process Sociology Extended	p. 135
Elias and Contemporary Sociology	p. 164
Reading Elias	p. 176
Notes	p. 179
Bibliography	p. 201
Index	p. 204
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