The Anthem Companion to Norbert Elias (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Mennell, Stephen; Law, Alex

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The book presents an authoritative assessment of Norbert Elias (1897-1990). It recognizes Elias as one of the major contributors to the development of sociological tradition in the past century and charts the continuing relevance of his conception of sociology for contemporary society. Only toward the end of his career as an academic did Elias's work begin to attract the attention of English-speaking sociologists, historians, and scholars of cultural studies.

The book provides an authoritative and broad representation of Elias's oeuvre and work inspired by it. While Elias is best known for his major study of The Civilizing Process, the reach and subtle depths of Elias's conception of process sociology has been cemented more recently by the English-language publication of Elias's collected work of 18 volumes. The baton of process sociology is being passed on to further generations of sociologists.

Chapters from leading contributors outline the nature of the sociological practice of Elias and address fundamental questions of historical sociology, democratization, gender, racialization processes, and embodiment. Later chapters highlight the contribution of process sociology for understanding developments in nation, state and global sociology, criminology, art, and education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781839986666
• Artikelnr.: 68414352

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