Norbert Elias (Key Sociologists) (Volume 0) - Softcover

Van Krieken, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415104165 ISBN 13: 9780415104166

Publisher: Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

This book locates Elias's work clearly within the development of sociology and also against the background of current debates.

Between the 1930s and the 1980s he developed a unique approach to social theory which is now beginning to take root in contemporary social research and theory. Since the translation of his work into English began to accelerate in the 1980s, a growing number of books and articles on topics including health, sexuality, crime, national and ethnic identity, femininity and globalization, in a variety of disciplines, make positive reference to Elias as an authority on the history of emotions, identity, violence, the body and state formation.

About this title

About the Author

Robert van Krieken is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is author of Children and the State: Social Control and the Formation of Australian Child Welfare (Allen & Unwin 1992), and co-author of Celebrity and the Law (Federation Press, 2010) as well as the leading Australian sociology textbook, Sociology (Pearson, 2010). His book Celebrity Society will be published by Routledge in May 2012. Born in Hong Kong of Dutch parents, he completed his BA Honours degree at the University of New South Wales, where he also gained his PhD, and has an LLB degree from the University of Sydney. At the University of Sydney, he played a central role in the establishment of the sociology program, and more recently a program in socio-legal studies. He is currently (2010-2014) Vice-President of the International Sociological Association, and serves on a number of journal editorial boards.

From the Back Cover

Norbert Elias is one of the few twentieth-century sociologists recognized as ranking among the truly great and classical social thinkers.His most influential books, The Court Society and The Civilizing Process, are acclaimed as modern classics in a wide range of social scientific disciplines, and his uniaue approach to social theory is increasingly drawn upon as a vital contribution to debates within a growing range of fields, including state formation, globalization, sexualitym gender, health, crime, violence, organizational theory, and national and ethnic identity. Robert van Krieken's lucid book provides a concise and comprehensive criticial guide which locates Elias's work clearly within both the historical devbelopment of sociology and contemporary debates, and identifies his contribution to the future directions of social theory and research.

'Robert van Krieken has written the nest available brief introduction to the work of Norbert Elias. It offers an excellent entree into the work of this increasingly important social theorist'.George Ritzer, University of Maryland.

'Robert van Krieken's new book will be the indispensable concise guide to the whole corpus of Elias's sociological work'. Stephen Mennell, University College Dublin.

'It's beautifully done, clear and crisp, and at time moving'. R.W. Connell, University of Sydney.

'A gem of a book'. Eric Dunning, University of Leicester.

From the Inside Flap

Key Sociologists

This series presents concise and readable texts covering the work, life and influence of many of the most important sociologists, and sociologically-relevant thinkers, from the birth of the discipline to the present day. Aimed primarily at the undergraduate, the books will also be useful to pre-university students and others who are interested in the main ideas of sociology's major thinkers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415104165
• ISBN 13: 9780415104166
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224