This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the key aspects of Elias’s work and applies an Eliasian approach to key topics in contemporary sociology such as race, class…

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Klassiker und Theorierichtungen, Note: 1,7, Universitat Hamburg (Institut fur Soziologie), Veranstaltung: Im Spiegel der Gegenwart - Soziologie um die Jahrhundertwende, Sprache…

This is the first book to apply the sociology of Norbert Elias to the field of sociology of education, offering fruitful lines of research developed from the application of Elias’s…

This enlightening book is the first book to explain the refractory, uncomfortable, side of Elias’s sociological radicalism and is also the first in-depth analysis of Elias’s last work The Symbol…

Unlike other post-war sociologists, Norbert Elias has always held the concept of historical development among his central concerns; his dynamic theories of the evolution of modern man have remedied the…

A study of Norbert Elias who has been increasingly recognised as one of the most important sociologists of the twentieth century.

The book offers accessible explanations of some of Norbery Elias’ key ideas. The book considers Elias’ theories in relation to contemporary topics, and also seeks to ‘locate’ his work in…

Rezension / Literaturbericht aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Individuum, Gruppe, Gesellschaft, Note: 1,3, Alice-Salomon Hochschule Berlin, 3 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der zivilisierte Mensch ist…