The Norbert Elias Reader

Norbert Elias (1897-1990) is now recognised as one of the most profound sociological thinkers of the twentieth century, but he gained international recognition only towards the end of his very long life.

Johan Goudsblom is Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam.

Stephen Mennell is Professor of Sociology at University College, Dublin.

Sources and Acknowledgements
Introduction
1920-1935
Idea and Individual
On Primitive Art
Court Society as a Sociological Problem
The Expulsion of the Huguenots from France
The Kitsch Style and the Age of Kitsch
1935-1940
An Outline of The Civilizing Process
Kultur and Civilization
The Rise of the Fork
The Sociogenesis of Courts
Civilization and Rationalization
The Society of Individuals - I
1950-1965
Sociology and Psychiatry
The Naval Profession
Involvement and Detachment
The Society of Individuals - II
The Quest for Excitement in Leisure
Group Charisma and Group Disgrace
The Breakdown of Civilization
1965-1990
The Civilizing Process Revisited
The Concept of Figurations
African Art
An Interview in Amsterdam
The Sciences
On the Concept of Everyday Life
The Retreat of Sociologists into the Present
Renate Rubinstein
The Civilizing of Parents
Technization and Civilization
The Society of Individuals - III
Informalization and the Civilizing Process
Mozart's Revolt
The Symbol Theory
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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