Essays II: On Civilising Processes, State Formation and National Identity : Volume 15

Norbert Elias

ISBN 10: 1906359024 / ISBN 13: 9781906359027

Published by University College Dublin Press Jun 2009, 2009

About this Item

Neuware - Eleven of the 18 essays by Norbert Elias collected in this volume have not been published previously in English, and several of the remainder were not easily obtained. The themes of this volume represent major extensions of and reflections upon the ideas first advanced in The Civilizing Process. The topics include violence and civilization; the civilizing of parents; privacy; conflict and change within communities; public opinion and national character in Britain; the charismatic leadership of Adolf Hitler; and the fear of death.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Essays II: On Civilising Processes, State Formation and National Identity : Volume 15
• Publisher: University College Dublin Press Jun 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906359024
• ISBN 13: 9781906359027
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 160H x 36D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 36 millimeters depth
• Weight: 680 grams

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Synopsis

Eleven of the 18 essays by Norbert Elias collected in this volume have not been published previously in English, and several of the remainder were not easily obtained. The themes of this volume represent major extensions of and reflections upon the ideas first advanced in "The Civilizing Process". The topics include violence and civilisation; the civilising of parents; privacy; conflict and change within communities; public opinion and national character in Britain; the charismatic leadership of Adolf Hitler; and the fear of death.

About the Author

NORBERT ELIAS (1897-1990) was one of the greatest sociologists of the twentieth century. He studied with Alfred Weber in Heidelberg and served as Karl Mannheim's assistant in Frankfurt. On Hitler's coming to power, he went into exile, first in France and then in Britain. His magnum opus The Civilizing Process received little attention when it was published in Switzerland in 1939 and only after Elias's formal retirement in 1962 were most of his other books and essays published. International intellectual celebrity came to him right at the end of his long life. RICHARD KILMINSTER is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leeds; STEPHEN MENNELL is Professor of Sociology at University College Dublin.