Norbert Elias and Sigmund Freud - The Psychoanalytic Foundations of the Civilizing Process

This book explores the influence of Freudian psychoanalysis on Norbert Elias' theory of the civilizing process, conducting a dialogue between the thought of Freud and Elias with a view to analysing points of contact and distance between them, as well as shedding light on the dynamics that exist between individuals and social processes.

List of contents

1 - The Court and the Civilization
2 - The Dynamics of the Civilizing Process
3 - Logic of Exclusion: The Established and the Outsiders
4 - Continuities and Discontinuities of the Civilizing Process
5 - The Decivilizing Process and the Destinies of Civilization
6 - Beyond the Civilizing Process
7 - Freud's Moses: A Historical Novel
8 - Norbert Elias, Beyond Sigmund Freud

About the author

André Oliveira Costa is psychoanalyst, member of the Norbert Elias Foundation and the Psychoanalytic Association of Porto Alegre (APPOA), Brazil.

Product details

• Authors: André Oliveira Costa, Andre (Federal University of Santa Oliveira Costa
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032458465
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3245846-5
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Philosophy of Mind, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Psychotherapy, Social, group or collective psychology, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis