Norbert Elias

Norbert Elias (1897-1990) is now widely regarded as one of the greatest sociologists of the 20th century. The challenge and profundity of his work are still being assimilated. Some have suggested that in time, he will be regarded as the Copernicus or Darwin of sociology, the man who set the subject on its scientific course.

PART ONE: SITUATING ELIASEncounter with Norbert Elias - Eric R WolfDie Harte Arbeit des Kerativen Prozesses - Michael Schroter Erfahrugen mit Norbert EliasThe `Young Workers Project¿ Renewed - John Goodwin and Henrietta O¿ConnorElias and the Frankfurt School - Artur BognerComments on Elias¿s Scenes from the Life of a Knight - Eric DunningZum Hintergrund der Zivilisationstheorie von Norbert Elias - Johan Goudsblom Ihr Verhaltnis zu Huizinga, Weber und FreudNorbert Elias and American Sociology - Johan GoudsblomNorbert Elias and Karl Mannheim - Richard KilminsterThe Organization of the Soul - Robert van Krieken Elias and Foucault on Discipline and the SelfEmbarrassment and Civilization - Helmut Kuzmics On Some Similarities and Differences in the Work of Goffman and EliasParson and Elias - Stephen MennellPART TWO: GENERAL THEORETICAL-EMPIRICAL ORIENTATIONSThe Structure of Social Processes - Artur Bogner A Commentary on the Sociology of Norbert EliasIn Defence of Developmental Sociology - Eric Dunning A Critique of Popper¿s Poverty of Historicism with Special Reference to the Theory of Auguste ComteSocial Figuation and Habitus - Roger Chariter Reading EliasPART THREE: THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE SCIENCESOn the Relationship between Literature and Sociology in the Work of Norbert Elias - Helmut KuzmicsNorbert Elias¿s Sociology of Knowledge and Its Significance for the Study of the Sciences - Nico WilterdinkThe Worm and the Clock - Johan Goudsblom On the Genesis of a Global Time RegimePART FOUR: LONG-TERM PROCESSESCIVILIZING, DECIVILIZING AND DYSCIVILIZING PROCESSESViolence in the British Civilizing Process - Eric Dunning, Patrick Murphy and Ivan Waddington>Review of Johan Goudsblom Fire and Civilisation - Eric DunningDecivilizing Processes - Godfried van Benthem van den BerghCivilization and Organized Violence in the Ottoman Empire - Elcin Kursat-AhlersDecivilizing Processes - Stephen Mennell Theoretical Significances and Some Lines for ResearchAsia and Europe - Stephen Mennell Comparing Civilizing ProcessesThe American Civilizing Process - Stephen MennellDyscivilization, Mass Extermination and the State - Abram de SwaanCompassion and Cruelty in Modern Society - Nathan SznaiderCivilisering en Decivilisering - Ton Zwaan Studies over Staatsvorming en GeweldSTATE-FORMATION PROCESSESIs a Marxist Theory of the State Possible? - Gotfried van Benthem van den BerghThe Mafia of a Sicilian Village, 1860-1960 - Anton BlokEuropean Intergration and Norbert Elias¿s Sociology - Paul KapteynThe Second Pillar of State Power - Reinhard Blomert Figurational Explorations of the State and MoneyElias in Japan - Johann Arnason State Power, Military Elites and Organized ViolenceINFORMATION PROCESSESOn Modern Relationships - Christien Brinkgreve The Commandments of the New FreedomFeelings, Behaviour and Morals in The Netherlands, 1938-78 - Christien Brinkgreve Analysis and Interpretation of an Advice ColumnInformationization and the Civilizing Process - Cas WouterSocial Stratification and Informalization in Global Prespective - Cas WouterPART FIVE: ESTABLISHED-OUTSIDER FIGURATIONS/ COMMUNITIESCLASS, ETHNICITY AND `RACE¿Power and Authority in the Public Schools - Eric Dunning A Case Study and Conceptual DiscussionDie Etablierten Deutschen und ihre Auslandischen Ausenseiter - Hermann KorteThe Formation of We-Images - Stephen Mennell A Process TheoryThe Figurational Dynamics of Racial Stratification - Eric Dunning A Conceptual Discussion and Developmental Analysis of Black-White Relations in the United StatesGENDERThe Changing Balance of Power between Men and Women - Annette Treibel A Figurational Study of the Public and Private Spheres in Western SocietiesMarriage - Michael SchroterPower Changes and Self-Respect - A van Stolk and Cas Wouter A Comparison of Two Cases of Established - Outsider RelationsThe Politics of Agoraphobia - Abram de SwaanPART SIX: CONTRIBUTIONS TO `SPECIAL¿ SOCIOLOGIESSOCIOLOGY OF THE BODY AND EMOTIONSOn Civilizing of Appetite - Stephen MennellTowards a Sociological Theory of Sport and the Emotions - Joseph Maguire A Process-Sociological PerspectiveBalancing Sex and Love since the 1960s Sexual Revolution - Cas WouterThe Quest for New Rituals in Dying and Mourning - Cas Wouter Changes in the We-I BalanceLEISURE, SPORT AND THE ARTSTowards a Sociological Understanding of Football Hooliganism as a World Phenomenon - Eric DunningOn Fox-Hunting and Angling - Adrian Franklin Norbert Elias and the `Sportization¿ ProcessAspects of Boxing in the Western `Civilizing Process¿ - Ken SheardThe Pleasure of the Rich Is the Labour of the Poor - Keith Tester Some Comments on Norbert Elias¿s An Essay on Sport and ViolenceSociological Reflections on Sport, Violence and Civilization - Eric DunningGlobalization and Sportization - Joseph Maguire A Figurational/Process-Sociological PerspectiveCricket and Civilizing Processes - Dominic MalcolmPainting, Power and Patronage - Bram Kempers A Sociological Approach to Art HistorySOCIOLOGY OF RELIGIONReligious Regimes and State Formation - Mart Bax Towards a Research PerspectiveBeschaving en Godsdienst - Johan Goudsblom Over de Plaats van de religie in Norbert Elias¿s Civilisation TheoryPROFESSIONS AND ORGANIZATIONSSociogenese de la Profession Politique - Eric PhelippeauApplying an Eliasian Approach to Organizational Analysis - Sue DopsonEpilogue - Wilbert van Vree Changing Meeting Behaviour as an Aspect of Civilizing ProcessesCRIME AND PUNISHMENTNorbert Elias and the Civilized Prison - John PrattViolence and the Civilizing Process - Pieter Spierenburg Does it Work?Changing Patterns of Social Controls and Self-Controls - Cas Wouter On the Rise of Crime since the 1950s and the Sociogenesis of a `Third Nature¿MEDICNE AND PSYCHOANALYSISPublic Health and the Civilizing Process - Johan GoudsblomModern Medicine and the Civilizing Process - Patrice PinellThe Sociogenesis of the Psychoanalytic Setting - Abram de SwaanDRUGS, ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO USEReview of Jan-Willem Gerritsen `The Control of Fuddle and Flash: A Sociological History of the Regulation of Alcohol and Opiates¿ - Johan GoudsblomLa Consommation de tabac dans le Processus de Civilisation - Jason HughesDrugs in Sport - Eric Dunning and Ivan Waddington Some Neglected IssuesPART SEVEN: CRITIQUES AND COUNTER-CRITIQUESReview of the 1939 edition of Uber den Prozess der Zivilisation - Raymond AronReview of the 1973 French edition of The Civilising Process - Emmanuel Le Roy LadurieReview of The Established and the Outsider - W G RuncimanCivilizing Processes - Myth or Reality? - Johan Goudsblom and Stephen MennellThe Civilizing Process Revisited - Daniel GordonEmmanuel Le Roy Laudrie, Daniel Gordon and The Second Death of Norbert Elias - Roger ChartierSocial Reality as Figuration - Derek Layder A Critique of Elias¿s Conception of Sociological Analysis`Agency¿ and `Structure¿ in the Work of Norbert Elias - Eric DunningStructuration Theory as a World View - Richard KilminsterOn Figurational Sociology - Nicos MouzelisGoldthorpe¿s View of Sociology - Eric Dunning