The Sociology of Norbert Elias (Hardcover)

1. Towards a 'central theory': the scope and relevance of Norbert Elias Stephen Quilley and Steven Loyal; Part I. Sociology as a Human Science: Norbert Elias and the Sociology of Knowledge: 2. From distance to detachment: knowledge and self-knowledge in Elias's theory of involvement and detachment Richard Kilminster; 3. Ecology, 'human nature' and civilising processes: biology and sociology in the work of Norbert Elias Stephen Quilley; 4. Between the real and the reified: Elias on time Barry Barnes; Part II. Processes of Stratification: Figurations of Race, Class and Gender: 5. The figurational dynamics of racial stratification: a conceptual discussion and developmental analysis of black-white relations in the United States Eric Dunning; 6. Decivilising and demonising: the social and symbolic remaking of the black ghetto and Elias in the dark ghetto Loic Wacquant; 7. Elias on class and stratification Steven Loyal; 8. Elias on gender relations: the changing balance of power between the sexes Christien Brinkgreve; Part III. The Formation of Individuals and States: 9. Not so exceptional? State-formation processes in America Stephen Mennell; 10. Armed peace: on the pacifying condition for the co-operative of States Paul Kapteyn; 11. Changing regimes of manners and emotions: from disciplining to informalizing Cas Wouters; 12. Elias and modern penal development John Pratt; 13. Elias, Freud and Goffman: shame as the master emotion Thomas Scheff; Part IV. Religion and Civilising Processes: Weber and Elias Compared: 14. Weber and Elias on religion and violence: warrior charisma and the civilising process Bryan Turner; 15. Christian religion and the European civilising process: the views of Norbert Elias and Max Weber compared Johan Goudsblom.