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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Norbert Elias and social theory

edited byFrançois Dépelteau Tatiana Savoia Landini

Abstract

This book will compare the approach and works of Norbert Elias, well known for his analysis of the civilizing process, his work on sport and violence and, more largely, his figurational approach, with other important social theories both classical and contemporary.

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Contradiction and interdependency

the sociologies of Karl Marx and Norbert Elias

Christopher Powell

pp.91-107

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137312112_7
Past and present in sociological theory

some similarities and differences between Émile Durkheim and Norbert Elias

Enio Passiani

pp.109-125

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137312112_8
Norbert Elias and Émile Durkheim

seeds of a historical sociology of knowledge

Hector Vera

pp.127-141

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137312112_9
Irony as vocation

the fate of a social scientist in the writings of Max Weber and Norbert Elias

Marta Bucholc

pp.143-160

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137312112_10
Taking up the torch from Max Weber

Norbert Elias and the challenging of classical sociology

Markus Schroer Jessica Wilde

pp.161-178

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137312112_11
Norbert Elias and Karl Mannheim

contrasting perspectives on the sociology of knowledge

Richard Kilminster

pp.191-207

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137312112_13
Under the shadow of the authoritarian personality

Elias, Fromm, and alternative social psychologies of authoritarianism

Tim Berard

pp.209-243

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137312112_14
From figuration to coordination

an analysis of social interdependence mechanisms

Jean-Hugues Déchaux

pp.297-314

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137312112_18

Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 2013

Pages: 319

DOI: 10.1057/9781137312112

ISBN (hardback): 978-1-349-45716-8

ISBN (digital): 978-1-137-31211-2

Full citation:

Dépelteau François, Savoia Landini Tatiana (2013) Norbert Elias and social theory. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.