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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
