Kilminster, Richard.

Norbert Elias post-philosophical sociology / [electronic resource] : Richard Kilminster. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2007. - 1 online resource (xii, 209 p.)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding Elias -- Origins of Elias's synthesis -- Norbert Elias and Karl Mannheim -- The civilizing process : the structure of a classic -- Involved detachment : knowledge and self-knowledge in Elias -- The symbol theory : secular humanism as a research programme -- Concluding remarks : the fourth blow to man's narcissism.

9786611062811 6611062815 0415437067 (Cloth) 9780415437066 (Cloth) 0203939301 (electronic bk.) 9780203939307 (electronic bk.)


Elias, Norbert, 1897-1990.


Sociology.


Electronic books.

HM479.E38 / K55 2007eb

301.092 B