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