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Civilizing and decivilizing processes : figurational approaches to American culture / edited by Christa Buschendorf, Astrid Franke and Johannes Voelz.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National characteristics, American--Social aspects.
- National characteristics, American.
- United States--Civilization.
- United States.
- Elias, Norbert, 1897-1990.
- Elias, Norbert.
- Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002.
- Bourdieu, Pierre.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (342 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume collects new articles that explore the theoretical framework of figurational or relational sociology as represented by Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu Other regard to its relevance to American history, culture, and literature. The emphasis is put on Elias's theory of the "civilizing process" and the question in how far his study of the European process of state formation and the correlative psycho-social changes is relevant to the analysis of the development of the American natio...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHRISTA BUSCHENDORF, ASTRID FRANKE, AND JOHANNES VOELZ; STEPHEN MENNELL; MARY O. FURNER; ASTRID FRANKE; RUXANDRA RADULESCU; RACHEL HOPE CLEVES; JOHANNES VOELZ; LOÏC WACQUANT; KIRSTEN TWELBECK; GÜNTER LEYPOLDT; CHRISTA BUSCHENDORF; CASWOUTERS; JESSE F. BATTAN; WINFRIED FLUCK; CONTRIBUTORS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-14267-8
- 9786613142672
- 1-4438-2825-4
- OCLC:
- 816845430
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