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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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The epicurean in Elias

Barbara Evers

pp. 63-74

Abstract

This chapter focuses on comparisons between some of the strands within Epicurean thinking, most notably ideas underlying the nature of human beings (secular individualism) and those of Norbert Elias, particularly his thinking on habitus and figurations informing his notion of homines aperti, or "open people." An exploration of these threads within Epicurean thinking in relation to Elias's sociological theory may help toward a better understanding of Elias's intellectual debt.

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

Pages: 63-74

DOI: 10.1057/9781137312112_5

Full citation:

Evers Barbara (2013) „The epicurean in Elias“, In: F. Dépelteau & T. Savoia Landini (eds.), Norbert Elias and social theory, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 63–74.