Read more
The book brings together authoritative chapters by leading experts in the sociology of Elias. It charts Elias's ambition to create an integrative sociological framework across a wide range of studies and assesses its continuing relevance for addressing significant issues facing sociology today.
List of contents
Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Sociological Promise of Norbert Elias; Alex Law and Stephen Mennell; Chapter One - Norbert Elias: Genesis of a Determined Thinker; Adrian Jitschin; Chapter Two - Knowledge, Science and Method: The Sociological Practice of Norbert Elias; Jason Hughes and Stephen Mennell; Chapter Three - Norbert Elias's Comparative Historical Sociology: Against Process Reduction; Marta Bucholc; Chapter Four - Power and Process: Norbert Elias and the Paradox of Inequalities; Michael Dunning and Jason Hughes; Chapter Five - Norbert Elias and Shifting Gender Relations; Stefanie Ernst; Chapter Six - Travelling with Elias: Figurations and the Racialising Process in South Africa; Liz Stanley; Chapter Seven - Excitement Processes, Embodiment and Power Relations in Sport and Leisure; Katie Liston and Joseph Maguire; Chapter Eight - Warfare, Survival Units, National Habitus and Nationalism: Norbert Elias's; Contribution to Political Sociology; Lars Bo Kaspersen and Norman Gabriel; Chapter Nine - Elias's Contribution to International Relations Theory: Towards a Global Sociology; AurélieLacassagne; Chapter Ten - Crime, Government and Civilisation: Rethinking Elias in Criminology; Robert van Krieken; Chapter Eleven; Art and the Civilising Process; Alex Law; Chapter Twelve ; From Social Mobility to Channels of Opportunity: Norbert Elias and Education; Eric Lybeck; Appendix: Published Works of Norbert Elias in English; Index
About the author
Alex Law is Professor of Sociology at Abertay University. Law has written widely on social theory, nationalism, and social change. He is currently working on a book focusing on the civilizing process and the Scottish Enlightenment.
Stephen Mennell is Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University College Dublin, and General Editor,
The Collected Works of Norbert Elias (18 vols).
