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      Integrationsschlussel Spracherwerb: Etablierte und Aussenseiter Figuration v. Norbert Elias

      Feryal Kor

      Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Politische Soziologie, Majoritaten, Minoritaten, Note: 2,7, Universitat Kassel, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Aus den unterschiedlichsten Grunden verlassen Menschen ihren Geburtsort und immigrieren…

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      A Global Community of Self-Defense: Norbert Elias on Normativity, Culture and Involvement

      Marta Bucholc

      Wittgenstein writes: We can easily imagine people amusing themselves in a field by playing with a ball so as to start various existing games, but playing many without finishing them…

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      Dichtung als Menschenwissenschaft: Das poetische Werk von Norbert Elias

      Tabea Doerfelt-Mathey

      Tabea Doerfelt-Mathey beschreibt und analysiert anhand einer reprasentativen Auswahl aus den Gedichten das poetische Werk von Norbert Elias und verortet es im Gesamtkontext seines Denkens. Die Gedichte des Soziologen haben…

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      Gesellschaftsprozesse und individuelle Praxis: Vorlesungsreihe zur Erinnerung an Norbert Elias

      Das Buch versammelt Beitrage namhafter SoziologInnen, die die soziologischen Ansatze von Norbert Elias fur die aktuellen Problem und Fragen fruchtbar machen und sie so in einen aktuellen Kontext stellen.

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      Informalisierung: Norbert Elias’ Zivilisationstheorie Und Zivilisationsprozesse Im 20. Jahrhundert

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      In diesem Buch geht es um auffallige Veranderungen der westlichen Umgangsformen im 20. Jahrhundert: Die Menschen gehen lockerer miteinander um und sprechen entspannter uber ihre Gefuhle. Was Ende des vorigen…

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      Norbert Elias’s African Processes of Civilisation: On the Formation of Survival Units in Ghana

      In 1962 Norbert Elias was invited as a temporary professor at the University of Ghana in Legon, Accra. In a foreword, Dieter Reicher and Adrian Jitschin have endeavoured to explain…

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      Involvement and Detachment

      Norbert Elias

      Presents an exposition of the author’s sociological theory of the growth of knowledge and the sciences as an aspect of overall human social development.

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      Quest for Excitement: Sport and Leisure in the Civilising Process

      Norbert Elias,Eric Dunning

      Argues that in highly constrained, ‘civilised’ societies, sports - as well as a spectrum of other cultural and leisure activities - are to be understood not in terms of ‘relaxation’…

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      The Symbol Theory

      Norbert Elias

      Situates the human capacity for forming symbols in the long-term biological evolution of Homo sapiens, showing how it is linked through communication and orientation to group survival. This title proceeds…

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      Care or Control of the Self? Norbert Elias, Michel Foucault, and the Subject in the 21st Century

      The beginning of the 21st century is characterized by fundamental societal changes: in addition to changing demographics and the globalization of economic flows, the transformation of an industrial-Fordistic society to…

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      Individuum und Gesellschaft: Norbert Elias und Max Weber im Vergleich

      Caterina Herold

      Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Allgemeines und Begriffe, Note: 1,0, FernUniversitat Hagen (Kulturwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Klassiker der Kultursoziologie, 19 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Gesellschaftsbegriffe sind…

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      Excitement Processes: Norbert Elias’s unpublished works on sports, leisure, body, culture

      The book focuses on major aspects of Norbert Elias’s social theory through research on supposed minor topics, such as manners, sports, leisure and cultural practices.

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      Zivilisationstheorie in Der Bilanz: Beitrage Zum 100. Geburtstag Von Norbert Elias

      Der Band ist anlasslich des 100. Geburtstag des Soziologen Norbert Elias entstanden. Er enthalt Beitrage, die sich erganzend, kritisch oder vergleichend mit Leben und Werk von Elias beschaftigen. Aufgrund der…

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      Die Unvermeidliche Universalgeschichte: Studien UEber Norbert Elias Und Das Teleologieproblem

      Kenneth Anders

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      The Germans: Power Struggles and the Development of Habitus in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

      Norbert Elias

      Norbert Elias is one of the most important thinkers of our time. This is Elias’s last great work, and it displays all the breadth, brilliance and originality of his other…

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      Zivilisation bei Norbert Elias. Die Darstellung und kritische Betrachtung der Zivilisationstheorie

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      Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts / Gegenwart, Note: 2,0, Universitat Rostock, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Warum sind gewisse Handlungen erlaubt und andere verboten…

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      Norbert Elias in Troubled Times: Figurational Approaches to the Problems of the Twenty-First Century

      This edited collection brings together texts that discuss current major issues in our troubled times through the lens of Norbert Elias’s sociology.

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      Norbert Elias in Troubled Times: Figurational Approaches to the Problems of the Twenty-First Century

      This edited collection brings together texts that discuss current major issues in our troubled times through the lens of Norbert Elias’s sociology.

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      Die Soziologie Von Norbert Elias: Eine Einfuhrung in Ihre Geschichte, Systematik Und Perspektiven

      Annette Treibel

      Norbert Elias (1897 - 1990) gehoert zu den Klassikern der Soziologie und ist ein herausragender Gelehrter und eindrucksvoller Zeitzeuge des 20. Jahrhunderts. Beruhmt geworden ist er durch sein Werk ‘UEber…

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      Der Mythenjager: Texte von Norbert Elias, herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Hermann Korte

      Norbert Elias (1897 - 1990) hat sich in seinem umfangreichen Werk immer wieder mit der Frage auseinandergesetzt, wie Menschen ihr Wissen ueber die Entstehung und die Probleme der grossen und…

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      Grenzen und Moeglichkeiten einer Willkommenskultur. Der figurations-soziologische Ansatz von Norbert Elias

      Martina Wirth

      Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Politische Soziologie, Majoritaeten, Minoritaeten, Note: 2,7, FernUniversitaet Hagen (Fakultaet Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Interkulturelle Studien, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Zuge des…

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      Menschen in Figurationen: Ein Lesebuch Zur Einfuhrung in Die Prozess-Und Figurationssoziologie Von Norbert Elias

      Hans-Peter Bartels,Hans-Peter Bartels

      Images und Selbstbildnisse Wer eigentlich Norbert Elias war, schien selbst kurz nach seinem Tode noch etwas unklar. Die Deutsche Presseagentur bezeichnet ihn am 2. August 1990 in der Uberschrift ihrer…

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      Eliten: Ein Vergleich Der Spezifischen Forschung Bei C. Wright Mills Und Norbert Elias

      Harald Leipertz

      Der Begriff der Eliten ist ein alltaglicher Begriff mit Selbstetikettierungsniveau. Damit ist eine Reduktion auf spezielle Zuschreibungsressourcen in Wert gesetzt. Dieses Buch soll anhand der Diskussion der Gesellschaftsanalysen von C…

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      Machttheorie. Vergleich der machttheoretischen Perspektiven von Norbert Elias, Michel Foucault und Heinrich Popitz

      Caesar Dreyer

      Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Klassiker und Theorierichtungen, Note: 1,0, Universitat St. Gallen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Wissen ist Macht. Dieser Ausspruch ist vom englischen Philosophen Francis…

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      Early Writings

      Norbert Elias

      Includes essay ‘On Seeing in Nature’, a response to Karl Mannheim’s famous paper on cultural competition, and a number of short stories contributed to a newspaper. This title includes as…

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      The Court Society

      Norbert Elias

      A study of the life of the nobility at the royal court of France, especially under Louis XIV.

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      The Genesis of the Naval Profession

      Norbert Elias

      The emergence of the naval officer was related to the necessities of naval warfare and the structure of society on land. Originally warships were manned by two separate sets of…

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      Essays I: On the Sociology of Knowledge and the Sciences

      Norbert Elias

      Between the end of the Second World War and his death in 1990, Elias published almost 60 articles on a wide range of topics. This volume develops his sociological theory…

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      Essays II: On Civilising Processes, State Formation and National Identity

      Norbert Elias

      Presents themes that represent major extensions of and reflections upon the ideas first advanced in The Civilizing Process . This title includes topics such as: violence and civilisation; the civilising…

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      Essays III: On Sociology and the Humanities

      Norbert Elias

      Contains 28 essays some of which directly express Elias’ dissatisfaction with the ahistorical, present-centred trend of modern sociology. This book shows how wide ranging were Elias’ own sociological interests. It…

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      The Loneliness of the Dying: AND Humana Conditio

      Norbert Elias

      Contains two shorter books - The Loneliness of the Dying , which discusses the changing social context of death and dying over the centuries; and Humana Conditio , which is…

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      Studies on the Germans

      Norbert Elias

      First published in German in 1989, exactly 50 years after the author’s most famous work, On the Process of Civilisation, this edition features his original English text of the essay…

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      Franzoesische und deutsche Kulturauffassung - Die Entstehung des Gegensatzes von Zivilisation und Kultur nach Norbert Elias

      Dominic Vaas,Olaf Schwarz,Kathrin Anton

      Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Kultur, Technik und Voelker, Note: 1,7, Fachhochschule Bingen (Institut fur Soziologie), Veranstaltung: Hauptseminar: Kultursoziologie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Norbert Elias untersucht in…

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      Zivilisation Und Rationalisierung: Die Zivilisationstheorien Max Webers, Norbert Elias’ Und Der Frankfurter Schule Im Vergleich

      Revision of thesis (doctoral)–Universit'at Bielefeld, 1986.

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      Auswirkung der Einfuhrung der mechanischen Uhr im Mittelalter: Analysiert mit der Soziologie von Norbert Elias

      Peter Behr

      Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Kultur, Technik und Voelker, Note: 1,7, Technische Universitat Darmstadt (Soziologie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Weil ich in der Nahe eines Glockenturms meine…

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      Analyse und Vergleich der Normendarstellung in ausgewahlten fruhneuhochdeutschen Prosaromanen; Unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Zivilisationstheorie von Norbert Elias

      Markus Kohlmeier

      Im Handeln und Sprechen der Hauptfiguren fruhneuhochdeutscher Prosaromane kreuzen sich zum Teil hoechst widerspruchliche Verhaltensweisen. Dies wurde in der Forschung bislang zwar konstatiert, jedoch noch nicht zusammenhangend untersucht. Als methodischer…

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      The Established and the Outsiders

      Norbert Elias,John L. Scotson

      Explains differences in power and rank between two very similar groups - both working class - in a local community studied in the early 1960s. This book shows how one…

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      Mozart and Other Essays on Courtly Art

      Norbert Elias

      Like his father Leopold, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was dependent on a court aristocracy in whose eyes he was little more than a domestic servant. This title presents an account of…

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      On Civilization, Power and Knowledge

      Norbert Elias,etc.

      Norbert Elias has been described as among the great sociologists of the 20th century. A collection of his most important writings, this book sets out Elias’ thinking during the course…

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      Normgenese im Kapitalismus: Vergleich der Autoren Max Weber, Norbert Elias und Eva Illouz in Bezug auf soziale Normierung im Kapitalismus

      Jens Mayer

      Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Individuum, Gruppe, Gesellschaft, Note: 1,7, Katholische Universitat Eichstatt-Ingolstadt (Geschichts- und Gesellschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultat), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Begriff Gesellschaft enthalt in der…

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      The Germans

      Norbert Elias

      The last major work by one of our century’s most influential social theorists, The Germans is a penetrating account of German social development, from the seventeenth century to the present…

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      The Established and the Outsiders: A Sociological Enquiry into Community Problems

      Norbert Elias,John Lloyd Scotson

      Suitable for students and scholars in social theory, sociology and anthropology, this title examines the mechanisms of stigmatisation, taboo and gossip, monopolisation of power, collective fantasy and we and they…

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      The Established and the Outsiders: A Sociological Enquiry into Community Problems

      Norbert Elias,John Lloyd Scotson

      A local community study of tense relations between an established group and outsiders - with no other discernible difference between them - becomes a microcosm that illuminates a range of…

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      An Essay on Time

      Norbert Elias

      Aims to turn an ancient philosophical question - what is time? - into a researchable theoretical-empirical problem. What we call ‘time’ is neither an innate property of the human mind…

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      What is Sociology?

      Norbert Elias

      A translation that contains Norbert Elias’ broadest statement of the fundamentals of sociology, in important respects very different from the discipline as it is institutionalised today. In his vision, sociology…

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      The Society of Individuals

      Norbert Elias

      Demonstrates that individualisation is an inherent component of the personal socialisation process and of inter-generational civilising processes, exploding the myth of the ‘We-less ego’ and introducing important conceptual innovations, including…

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      On the Process of Civilisation

      Norbert Elias

      Beginning with the author’s celebrated study of the changing standards of behaviour of the secular upper classes in Western Europe since the Middle Ages, this title demonstrates how psychological changes…

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      Interviews and Autobiographical Reflections

      Norbert Elias

      In the last decade of his life, Elias gave many interviews in which he discussed aspects of his work, rebutting many common misunderstandings of his thinking and further developing ideas…

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