On Civilization, Power And Knowledge

Klappentext Acknowledgments Introduction I: Civilization 1: The Social Constraint towards Self-Constraint 2: Diminishing Contrasts, Increasing Varieties 3: The Development of the Concept of Civilite 4: The Changing Functions of Etiquette 5: Mozart: The Artist in the Human Being 6: The Loneliness of the Dying II: Power 7: Game Models 8: On the Monopoly Mechanism 9: The Decay of the State Monopoly of Violence in the Weimar Republic 10: The Genesis of Sport in Antiquity 11: The Changing Balance of Power between the Sexes in Ancient Rome III: Knowledge 12: Involvement and Detachment 13: Observations on Gossip 14: Time and Timing 15: Homo Clausus: The Thinking Statues Bibliography Index Zusammenfassung 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 of his long career! with a discussion of how his work relates to that of other sociologists.

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• Authors: Elias, Norbert Elias, Norbert (Late of Universities of Leicester Elias, Elias Norbert, Etc.
• Assisted by: Johan Goudsblom (Editor), Johan (Professor of Sociology Goudsblom (Editor), Johan (University of Amsterdam) Goudsblom (Editor), Goudsblom Johan (Editor), Stephen Mennell (Editor), Stephen (Professor of Sociology Mennell (Editor), Mennell Stephen (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.1998
• EAN: 9780226204321
• ISBN: 978-0-226-20432-1
• No. of pages: 310
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 228 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Heritage of Sociology; Heritage of Sociology Series; Heritage of Sociology Series Hos (CHUP)
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Essays, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, HISTORY / Essays, General & world history, Literary essays, Sociology & anthropology, General and world history, Sociology and anthropology