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Norbert Elias has been described as among the great sociologists of the 20th century. A collection of his most important writings, this book sets out Elias' thinking during the course of his long career, with a discussion of how his work relates to that of other sociologists.
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* Completely overhauled version of the combined classic texts The History of Manners and State Formation and Civilization. * Revised... Læs mere
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Now available in paperback, Mozart is a brilliant study of the great composer's life and creative genius, written by one of the most important social thinkers of our time.... Læs mere
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Norbert Elias is one of the most important thinkers of our time. This is Elias's last great work, and it displays all the breadth, brilliance and originality of his other major writings.
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Argues that in highly constrained, 'civilised' societies, sports - as well as a spectrum of other cultural and leisure activities - are to be understood not in terms of 'relaxation' but rather of the need for pleasurable excitement and its pleasurable resolution.
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Including the consolidated index to the Collected Works as a whole, this title contains two substantial supplements: a long and important critique on Freud... Læs mere
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Situates the human capacity for forming symbols in the long-term biological evolution of Homo sapiens, showing how it is linked through communication and orientation to group survival.... Læs mere
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Presents themes that represent major extensions of and reflections upon the ideas first advanced in "The Civilizing Process". This... Læs mere
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The emergence of the naval officer was related to the necessities of naval warfare and the structure of society on land. Originally warships were manned by two... Læs mere
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Presents an exposition of the author's sociological theory of the growth of knowledge and the sciences as an aspect of overall human social development.
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First published in German in 1989, exactly 50 years after the author's most famous work, On the Process of Civilisation, this edition features his original English text of the... Læs mere