Norbert Elias and Empirical Research [electronic resource] /
Landini, T.editor.
Dépelteau, F.editor.
Norbert Elias has been recognized as one of the key social scientists of the 20th century at least in sociology, political science and history. This book will address Norbert Elias's approach to empirical research, the use of his work in empirical research, and compare him with other theorists.
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Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; References; 1 Therapeutic Culture and Self-Help Literature: The "Positive Psychology Code"; 1.; 2.; 3.; 4.; Notes; References; 2 Elias and Literature: Psychogenesis of Brazil in French Books for Young People; 1. Literature and the Process of Civilizing Emotions; 2. Civilizing Processes: French Books in Brazil; 3. The Misadventures of a Robinson in Brazil; 4. Brazil: Reality and Fantasy; Conclusions; Notes; References; 3 The Civilization of Capital Punishment in France*; Capital Punishment: A Stratagem of the Civilizing Process?
(No Longer) Seeing the ExecutionThe Depublicizing Process; Identification with the Torture Victim; Visible Violence and Self-Control; Notes; 4 Civilizing and Decivilizing Characteristics of the Contemporary Penal Field; Punishment in "the Civilized World"; The Breakdown of Civilization; Decivilizing Symptoms; Decivilizing and Civilizing Tendencies; Notes; References; 5 Jurists, Police, Doctors, and Psychologists: Discussing Sexual Violence in Twentieth-Century Brazil*1; The Positivist School; Legal Positivists at the Turn of the Century: Viveiros de Castro
Forensic Sexology from the 1920s through the 1940S: Afrânio PeixotoSão Paulo's Moral and Social Rehabilitation Campaign; Psychologists and Children's Rights Advocates; A Century of Change-From Hymenolatry to Rights; Notes; References; 6 Civilizing "Life Itself": Elias and Foucault; Introduction; 1. The Individual Reappropriation of Life in the Face of State and Society; 2. The Individual Reappropriation of Life against Nature Itself; 3. "Civilizing Agents"?; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References
7 The New Style: Etiquette during the Exile of the Portuguese Court in Rio de Janeiro (1808-1821)Introduction: Elias as a Source of Theoretical Inspiration; Context: The Historical Background; The Wedding of the Heir Prince; Royal Weddings of Yore; Receptions; The Arrival of Princess Leopoldina, as Seen from Above; The Arrival of Princess Leopoldina, as Seen from the Inside; The Arrival of Princess Leopoldina, as Seen from Outside; Triumphal Arches; Architectonic Abortion; Violated Etiquette; Conclusion; Notes; References
8 Principal Elements of the Ottoman State-Formation Process through an Eliasian PerspectiveIntroduction; 1. Distinctive Features of the Ottoman Court; 1.1 Political and Economic System; 1.2 Composition of Social Classes; 2. Monopoly Mechanism and the Transformation of "Private" into "Public" Monopolies; 2.1 Monopoly Mechanism; 2.2 Transformation of "Private" into "Public" Monopolies; 3. Royal Mechanism, Chains of Interdependence, and Balance of Powers; Conclusion; Notes; References; 9 The Metamorphoses of the Dacha: Some Processual Thinking; Introduction; 1. Long Chains of Relations
1.1 From the Russian Nobility to Other Social Groups
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Norbert Elias has been recognized as one of the key social scientists of the 20th century at least in sociology, political science and history. This book will address Norbert Elias's approach to empirical research, the use of his work in empirical research, and compare him with other theorists.
Elias, Norbert, 1897-1990.
Social sciences.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Sociology.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.
Social Theory.
Sociology, general.