Norbert Elias and human interdependencies / edited by Thomas Salumets.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salumets, Thomas, Author.

Contributor:

Salumets, Thomas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elias, Norbert, 1897-1990--Congresses.

Elias, Norbert.

Sociology--Congresses.

Sociology.

Civilization, Modern--Congresses.

Civilization, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While the opposing paradigms of globalization and fragmentation compete in often bloody and destructive ways in the world today, this book convincingly reminds us of the importance of finding out more about the complex and changing ways in which we are connected. The authors demonstrate that the more we understand our connectedness and deal with its consequences, the less dependent and helpless we become. The critical, multidisciplinary perspectives they offer cover a wide range of subjects, from the world wide web to medieval poetry, nations and gender, cancer narratives and money, emotion management and the financial markets, and the American civilizing process and the repression of shame. The contributions bear witness to Elias's innovative achievements while the authors continue his stunning explorations, extending them into other areas of the humanities and the sciences, and presenting their own wide-ranging and penetrating insights into our mutual dependence. Contributors are Jorge Arditi (SUNY-Buffalo), Godfried Van Benthem Van Den Bergh (emeritus, Erasmus University, Rotterdam), Reinhard Blomert (Humboldt University, Germany and Karl-Franzens University, Austria), Stephen Guy-Bray (University of Calgary), Thomas M. Kemple (University of British Columbia), Hermann Korte (emeritus, University of Hamburg, Germany), Helmut Kuzmics (University of Graz, Austria), Stephen Mennell (National University of Ireland), Thomas Salumets, Thomas J. Scheff (emeritus, University of California in Santa Barbara), Ulrich C. Teucher (University of British Columbia), Annette Treibel (Pedagogical University of Karlsruhe), and Cas Wouters (Utrecht University, Netherlands).

Contents:

Perspectives on a long life : Norbert Elias and the process of civilization / Hermann Korte

The other side of the coin : decivilizing processes / Stephen Mennell

The integration of classes and sexes in the twentieth century : etiquette books and emotion management / Cas Wouters

Exploring netiquette : figurations and reconfigurations in cybernetic space / Jorge Arditi

Unpacking the civilizing process : interdependence and shame / Thomas J. Scheff

On the relationship between literature and sociology in the work of Norbert Elias / Helmut Kuzmics

The trials of homo clausus : Elias, Weber, and Goethe on the sociogenesis of the modern self / Thomas M. Kemple

Civilizing sexuality : Marie de France's lay with two names / Stephen Guy-Bray

Writing in the face of death : Norbert Elias and autobiographies of cancer / Ulrich C. Teucher

The changing balance of power between men and women : a figurational study of the public and the private spheres in Western societies / Annette Treibel

Symbol and integration process : two meanings of the concept "nation" / Godfried van Benthem van den Bergh

The second pillar of state power : figurational explorations of the state and money / Reinhard Blomert

The American civilizing process / Stephen Mennell.

Notes:

Papers presented at a conference held in Vancouver, Mar. 20-22, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85937-4

9786612859373

0-7735-6928-6

OCLC:

45557263