Violence and Civilization - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Violence and Civilization write by Jonathan Fletcher. This book was released on 2013-04-23. Violence and Civilization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book provides an introduction to the work of Norbert Elias. It is the first systematic appraisal of two central themes of his thought - violence and civilization. Although Elias is best known for his theory of civilizing processes, this study highlights the crucial importance of the concept of decivilizing processes. Fletcher argues that while Elias did not develop a theory of decivilizing processes, such a theory is logically implied in his perspective and is highly pertinent to an understanding of the most violent episodes of twentieth-century history, such as the Nazi genocides. Elias's original synthesis of sociology and psychology is examined through an analysis of several key texts including The Civilizing Process, The Established and the Outsiders and The Germans. Fletcher shows how Elias constructs his "figurational models" and applies these comparatively to specific historical examples drawn from England and Germany. Violence and Civilization is an excellent introduction to Elias's work. It will appeal to students of sociology, anthropology, and history interested in understanding the phenomenon of violence in the modern world.
Norbert Elias and Violence
Norbert Elias and Violence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Norbert Elias and Violence write by Tatiana Savoia Landini. This book was released on 2017-03-20. Norbert Elias and Violence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book presents key conceptualizations of violence as developed by Norbert Elias. The authors explain and exemplify these concepts by analyzing Elias’s late texts, comparing his views to those of Sigmund Freud, and by analyzing the work of filmmaker Michael Haneke. The authors then discuss the strengths and shortcomings of Elias’s thoughts on violence by examining various social processes such as colonization, imperialism, and the Brazilian civilizing process—in addition to the ambivalence of state violence. The final chapters suggest how these concepts can be used to explain difficulties in implementing democracy, grappling with memories of violence, and state building after democracy.
On Civilization, Power, and Knowledge
On Civilization, Power, and Knowledge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On Civilization, Power, and Knowledge write by Norbert Elias. This book was released on 1998-02-17. On Civilization, Power, and Knowledge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The Civilizing Process
The Civilizing Process - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Civilizing Process write by Norbert Elias. This book was released on 2000-07-13. The Civilizing Process available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Civilizing Process stands out as Norbert Elias' greatest work, tracing the "civilizing" of manners and personality in Western Europe since the late Middle Ages by demonstrating how the formation of states and the monopolization of power within them changed Western society forever.
The Sociology of Norbert Elias
The Sociology of Norbert Elias - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Sociology of Norbert Elias write by Steven Loyal. This book was released on 2004-03-18. The Sociology of Norbert Elias available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the key aspects of Norbert Elias's work.
