Norbert Elias in Troubled Times - Figurational Approaches to the Problems of the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

This edited collection brings together texts that discuss current major issues in our troubled times through the lens of Norbert Elias's sociology. It sheds light on both the contemporary world and some of Elias's most controversial concepts. Through examination of the 'current affairs', political and social contemporary changes, the authors in this collection present new and challenging ways of understanding these social processes and figurations. Ultimately, the objective of the book is to embrace and utilise some of the more polemical aspects of Elias's legacy, such as the exploration of decivilizing processes, decivilizing spurts, and dys-civilization. It investigates to what extent Elias's sociological analyses are still applicable in our studies of the developments that mark our troubled times. It does so through both global and local lenses, theoretically and empirically, and above all, by connecting past, present, and possible futures of all human societies.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies on Norbert Elias
Release date:	August 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Florence Delmotte • Barbara Gornicka
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	357
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-074992-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General
LSN:	3-03-074992-4
Barcode:	9783030749927

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