This book contains Elias's broadest statement of the fundamentals of sociology, in important respects very different from the discipline as it is institutionalized today. In his vision, sociology is concerned with the whole course of the development of human society. Translated by Grace Morrissey, Stephen Mennell, and Edmund Jephcott. Edited by Artur Bogner, Katie Liston, and Stephen Mennell.

What is sociology?

Politics & Social Sciences

Norbert Elias

Social Sciences

Hutchinson

The Germans

The last major work by one of our century's most influential social theorists, The Germans is a penetrating account of German social development, from the seventeenth century to the present. Enhanced by his deep understanding of other Western European nations, Norbert Elias's incisive analyses of nationalism, violence, and the breakdown of civilization will be an indispensable resource for those interested in modern European history and sociology and in European studies.

History

Europe

Columbia Univ. Pr.

Involvement and Detachment (English and German Edition)

Basil Blackwell

History of Manners

WileyBlackwell

The Loneliness of the Dying

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Basil Blackwell Publication

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 Civilizing Process: The Development of Manners

World

Blackwell*publishers

The civilizing process (v. 2)

The last major work by one of our century's most influential social theorists, The Germans is a penetrating account of German social development, from the seventeenth century to the present. Enhanced by his deep understanding of other Western European nations, Norbert Elias's incisive analyses of nationalism, violence, and the breakdown of civilization will be an indispensable resource for those interested in modern European history and sociology and in European studies.

The Germans: Power Struggles and the Development of Habitus in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Polity Press

In The Symbol Theory, Norbert Elias draws together three central themes. At the first level the book is concerned with symbols in relation to language, knowing and thinking. Secondly, Elias stresses that symbols are also tangible sound-patterns of human communication, made possible by the evolutionary biological precondition of human vocal apparatus. At a third level, the book addresses theoretical issues about the ontological status of knowledge, moving beyond traditional philosophical dualisms such as subject//object and idealism//materialism. The bulk of The Symbol Theory was published in Vol 6, issues 2, 3 and 4 of Theory, Culture &amp; Society.

The Symbol Theory (Theory, Culture & Society)

Sage Publications Ltd.

This is Volume 1 of Elias's work The Civilizing Process. The History of Manners examines the links between the social graces and social control, concentrating on changes in social norms and individual perceptions and behavior.

Über den Prozeß der Zivilisation 1.

Suhrkamp

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Norbert Elias. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Norbert Elias