{"product_id":"the-sociology-of-norbert-elias-paperback-9780521535090","title":"The Sociology of Norbert Elias (Paperback) 9780521535090","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Sociology of Norbert Elias\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the key aspects of Norbert Elias's work.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteven Loyal (Edited by), Stephen Quilley (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521535090, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 18 March 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.4 x 1.9 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'It was a pleasure to read this book.' Ruud Stokvis, Figurations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNorbert Elias has been described as a great sociologist and over recent years there has been a steady upsurge of interest in his work. Yet despite the fact that he was active for nearly sixty years from the 1920s to the 1960s it was only in the 1980s that English translations of his works became widely available and the importance of his contribution to the sociological endeavour was fully recognised in the English speaking world. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the key aspects of Elias's work and then applies an Eliasian approach to key topics in contemporary sociology such as race, class, gender, religion, epistemology and nationalism. The editors have brought together a distinguished group of international sociologists and this book will not only change the course of Elias studies but be a valuable resource for both students and scholars alike.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Towards a 'central theory': the scope and relevance of Norbert Elias Stephen Quilley and Steven Loyal\u003cbr\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e 3. Ecology, 'human nature' and civilising processes: biology and sociology in the work of Norbert Elias Stephen Quilley\u003cbr\u003e 4. Between the real and the reified: Elias on time Barry Barnes\u003cbr\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e 6. Decivilising and demonising: the social and symbolic remaking of the black ghetto and Elias in the dark ghetto Loïc Wacquant\u003cbr\u003e 7. Elias on class and stratification Steven Loyal\u003cbr\u003e 8. Elias on gender relations: the changing balance of power between the sexes Christien Brinkgreve\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Formation of Individuals and States: 9. Not so exceptional? State-formation processes in America Stephen Mennell\u003cbr\u003e 10. Armed peace: on the pacifying condition for the co-operative of States Paul Kapteyn\u003cbr\u003e 11. Changing regimes of manners and emotions: from disciplining to informalizing Cas Wouters\u003cbr\u003e 12. Elias and modern penal development John Pratt\u003cbr\u003e 13. Elias, Freud and Goffman: shame as the master emotion Thomas Scheff\u003cbr\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e 15. Christian religion and the European civilising process: the views of Norbert Elias and Max Weber compared Johan Goudsblom.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20theory%20%5BJHBA%5D%22\"\u003eJHBA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004764508440,"sku":"9780521535090","price":32.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521535090i_dc64a1f1-4203-4809-8bab-8da2ac815637.jpg?v=1691369243","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-sociology-of-norbert-elias-paperback-9780521535090","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}