Elias, Norbert (1897–1990)

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ID7077910
AutoresFan Ximing (Loughborough University), Jason Hughes (0009-0004-2146-1145), Kathryn Hughes (0000-0002-8099-066X, University of Leeds), Katherine Hughes (0000-0002-3331-1249), Matt Mcintosh (University of Leeds)
Ano2024
Páginas1-13
Data de publicação2024-11-06
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoOTHER
PeriódicoThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL)
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405165518.wbeose029.pub2
OpenAlexW4404109843
ISBN9781405165518
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas14

Norbert Elias is often considered one of the last classical sociologists, yet his work prefigured many of the preoccupations and concerns of contemporary sociology. This overview explores Elias both as a classical and as a contemporary sociologist by sketching out his biography and looking at its interplay with his distinctive intellectual development. It outlines the key principles of Elias's approach, which are radically relational, processual, and synthetic in a manner that retains some of the integrating ambitions of classical sociology. Elias's sociological practice is outlined as seeking to avoid dualism, to integrate the empirical and rational components of social inquiry, and above all to engage with social life dynamically through involving an interplay between different levels of integration. Through everyday examples, the entry provides an exposition of key Eliasian concepts, notably sociogenesis and psychogenesis, Homo clausus and Homines aperti , figuration, power, and interdependence. Finally, it concludes by exploring extensions of Elias's work, enduring challenges to his approach, and key applications of his work by subsequent “figurational” scholars

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