Norbert Elias and Social Theory [electronic resource] /
Dépelteau, François.editor.
Landini, Tatiana Savoia.editor.
This book will compare the approach and works of Norbert Elias, well known for his analysis of the civilizing process, his work on sport and violence and, more largely, his figurational approach, with other important social theories both classical and contemporary.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Notes on contributors -- Introduction / Tatiana Savoia Landini and François Depelteau -- Understanding Elias -- Main principles of Eliaśs sociology/ Tatiana Savoia Landini -- Five misunderstandings of eliaśs thought / Nathalie Heinich -- Ariel or Caliban? the civilizing process and its critiques / François Dépelteau, Enio Passiani and Ricardo Mariano -- Elias and classical social theory -- The epicurean in Elias Anna-Louise Barbara Evers -- Elias, Freud and the human sciences / Bernard Lahire -- Contradiction and interdependency : the sociologies of Karl Marx and Norbert Elias / Chris Powell -- Past and present in sociological theory : similarities and differences between Emile Durkheim and Norbert Elias / Enio Passiani -- Norbert Elias and Emile Durkheim : seeds of a historical sociology of knowledge / Hector Vera -- Irony as vocation / Marta Bucholc -- Taking up the torch from Max Weber : Norbert Elias and the challenging of classical sociology / Markus Schroer and Jessica Wilde -- From Elias back to Simmel Leopoldo Waizbort -- Elias and contemporary social theory -- Norbert Elias and Karl Manheim : contrasting perspectives on the sociology of knowledge / Richard Kilminster -- Under the shadow of the authoritarian personality : Elias, Fromm, and alternative social psychologies of authoritarianism / Tim Berard -- Norbert Elias and Hannah Arendt on philosophy, sociology and science / Philip Walsh -- Individualization and social dis/integration in "postmodernity" : a comparative note on Zygmunt Bauman and Norbert Elias / John flint and ryan powell -- Comparing elias and bourdieu as relational thinkers François Dépelteau -- From figuration to coordination : an analysis of social interdependence mechanisms / Jean-Hugues Déchaux.
This book will compare the approach and works of Norbert Elias, well known for his analysis of the civilizing process, his work on sport and violence and, more largely, his figurational approach, with other important social theories both classical and contemporary.
Elias, Norbert, 1897-1990.
Sports-Sociological aspects.
Social sciences-Philosophy.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Sociology, general.
Social Theory.