03868nam 22006615 450 991091859680332120241223115544.09783031736131(electronic bk.)978303173612410.1007/978-3-031-73613-1(MiAaPQ)EBC31856115(Au-PeEL)EBL31856115(CKB)37077731700041(DE-He213)978-3-031-73613-1(EXLCZ)993707773170004120241223d2024 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Civilising Process of Portuguese Bullfighting Warriors, Courtiers, Professionals...and Barbarians? /by Fernando Ampudia de Haro1st ed. 2024.Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2024.1 online resource (199 pages)Palgrave Studies on Norbert Elias,2662-3110Print version: Ampudia de Haro, Fernando The Civilising Process of Portuguese Bullfighting Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2025 9783031736124 1. The Historical Sociology of Bullfighting -- 2. Bulls in the Medieval Period -- 3. The Emergence of Dexterity: The Courtesan Bullfight -- 4. The Construction of the Spectacle: Professional Bullfighting -- 5. A Civilising Sensibility -- 6. Conclusion: The Civilising Process of Bullfighting.This book uses Norbert Elias's theory of the civilising process to provide a sociological and historical study of Portuguese bullfighting. Its aim is to understand how bullfighting is historically configured according to the transformations undergone by the society in which it takes place. This means that bullfighting is approached in terms of its relationship with factors such as social structure, state power, the control of violence and the sensitivities and behaviours of different social groups. Its evolution and its construction as an activity can only be explained if we look at these factors from a sociological perspective that takes into account the passage of time. Such a view allows us to think of bullfighting in process and figurational terms. It means going back a thousand years and reconstructing a journey that, overall, cannot be described as a simple succession of facts, laws, dates and decisions by great personalities. On the contrary, this book argues it is a journey subject to the logic of changes in society, power relations and patterns of behaviour considered suitable for social life. And, as a path, it is not defined at random. It has a direction: bullfighting has been moving towards formalisation and pacification for centuries.This book is of special interest to students and scholars of sociological theory, historical sociology, Eliasian theory, and human-animal relations.Palgrave Studies on Norbert Elias,2662-3110CultureSociologySocial sciencesPhilosophySociologyHistoryEthnologyEuropeSociology of CultureSociological TheorySocial TheoryHistory of SociologyEuropean CultureCulture.Sociology.Social sciencesPhilosophy.SociologyHistory.EthnologySociology of Culture.Sociological Theory.Social Theory.History of Sociology.European Culture.306Ampudia de Haro Fernando1352610MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910918596803321The Civilising Process of Portuguese Bullfighting4305543UNINA