"A study of Norbert Elias who has been increasingly recognised as one of the most important sociologists of the twentieth century. Explores how Elias' writings retain their significance and relevance in the twenty-first century Explains how some areas are still not aware of this sociologist, however there are now energetic research networks using his ideas in every continent An exploration of the international dimensions and multi-disciplinary aspects of his work Includes a selection of some of the most exciting empirical research that is presently being conducted using what has become known as 'figurational sociology' "--…mehr
"A study of Norbert Elias who has been increasingly recognised as one of the most important sociologists of the twentieth century. Explores how Elias' writings retain their significance and relevance in the twenty-first century Explains how some areas are still not aware of this sociologist, however there are now energetic research networks using his ideas in every continent An exploration of the international dimensions and multi-disciplinary aspects of his work Includes a selection of some of the most exciting empirical research that is presently being conducted using what has become known as 'figurational sociology' "--
Norman Gabriel is Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at theUniversity of Plymouth.
Stephen Mennell is Professor Emeritus of Sociology atUniversity College Dublin.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction (Chris Shilling)
1. Handing over the torch: intergenerational processes infigurational sociology (Norman Gabriel and StephenMennell)
2. Three faces of civilization: 'In the beginning all theworld was Ireland' (Robert van Krieken)
3. Process sociology and international relations (AndrewLinklater)
4. Entropy, the anthroposphere and the ecology of civilization:An essay on the problem of 'liberalism in one village' in thelong view (Stephen Quilley)
5. Norbert Elias's post-philosophical sociology: from'critique' to relative detachment (RichardKilminster)
6. Towards a process-oriented methodology: modern social scienceresearch methods and Norbert Elias's figurational sociology(Nina Baur and Stefanie Ernst)
7. How civilizing processes continued: towards aninformalization of manners and a third nature personality (CasWouters)
8. Sport and leisure (Katie Liston)
9. A land of a hundred thousand welcomes? Understandingestablished and outsiders relations in Ireland (StevenLoyal)
10. Norbert Elias and developmental psychology (NormanGabriel)
11. Norbert Elias, the civilizing process and penal developmentin modern society (John Pratt)
12. Meetings: the frontline of civilization (Wilbert vanVree)
1. Handing over the torch: intergenerational processes infigurational sociology (Norman Gabriel and StephenMennell)
2. Three faces of civilization: 'In the beginning all theworld was Ireland' (Robert van Krieken)
3. Process sociology and international relations (AndrewLinklater)
4. Entropy, the anthroposphere and the ecology of civilization:An essay on the problem of 'liberalism in one village' in thelong view (Stephen Quilley)
5. Norbert Elias's post-philosophical sociology: from'critique' to relative detachment (RichardKilminster)
6. Towards a process-oriented methodology: modern social scienceresearch methods and Norbert Elias's figurational sociology(Nina Baur and Stefanie Ernst)
7. How civilizing processes continued: towards aninformalization of manners and a third nature personality (CasWouters)
8. Sport and leisure (Katie Liston)
9. A land of a hundred thousand welcomes? Understandingestablished and outsiders relations in Ireland (StevenLoyal)
10. Norbert Elias and developmental psychology (NormanGabriel)
11. Norbert Elias, the civilizing process and penal developmentin modern society (John Pratt)
12. Meetings: the frontline of civilization (Wilbert vanVree)
Notes on contributors
Index
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