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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813301303321

Autore

Smith Dennis <1945->

Titolo

Norbert Elias and modern social theory / / Dennis Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE Publications, 2001

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE Publications, , 2001

ISBN

9786612337130

0-7619-6107-0

1-281-79473-2

9786611794736

1-4462-3340-5

1-282-33713-0

1-84920-822-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 198 p.)

Collana

Theory, culture & society

Disciplina

301/.01

Soggetti

Civilization - Philosophy

Sociologists

Sociology - Philosophy

Sociology - Europe - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART 1 - MODERNITY AND ELIAS; 1 - THE SOUND OF CANON-FIRE; 2 - CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION; PART 2 - THE WIDER DEBATE; 3 - ARENDT AND ELIAS; 4 - PARSONS AND ELIAS; 5 - FOUCAULT AND ELIAS; 6 - BAUMAN AND ELIAS; PART 3 - TOWARDS GLOBAL MODERNITY; 7 - EUROPE; 8 - SHAME AND HUMILIATION; 9 - A CIVILIZED DEBATE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Having fled Germany in the 1930s, Norbert Elias achieved fame in later life because of his insights into social and political change. This text traces his importance to sociology and contrasts his work with other theorists and social scientists.