Norbert Elias, maritime supremacy and the naval profession

On Elias' unpublished studies in the genesis of the naval profession

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ID2139125
AutoresRené Moelker (0000-0003-2815-5955, Netherlands Defence Academy, autor de correspondencia), Ren X E Moelker (autor de correspondencia), Ren&#x000E9 Moelker
Año2003
Volumen54
Número3
Páginas373-390
Fecha de publicación2003-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBritish Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-1315 • E-ISSN: 1468-4446
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-4446.2003.00373.x
PMID14514464
OpenAlexW2160672697
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas11

In 1950 Norbert Elias published the first of three studies on ‘The Genesis of the Naval Profession’ in the British Journal of Sociology. At the time Elias was not the established scholar that he was to become in later days. In the 1950s his work on the ‘Naval Profession’ was not well received by the audience, even though all the major themes of the ‘civilizing process’ were interwoven in the article. The other two studies were never published in English journals (only one was published in a Dutch journal but received no international attention). A perusal of the Norbert Elias Archive in Marbach am Neckar in Germany ‐ shows that the ‘Naval Profession’ project is larger than the intended three part series of articles for the BJS. From an outline to the project found in the archive it can be concluded that Elias intended to write a book with six to seven chapters. The key to the studies is a sketchy theory of institutions, which states that conflict promotes institutional development. Through the conflict between two occupational groups, sailors and soldiers, the naval officer becomes institutionalized as a new profession. During the period this process takes place England acquires maritime supremacy, secures the passages to the colonies and becomes an empire

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