Sport and Leisure in the Civilizing Process
Critique and Counter-Critique
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5633715 |
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| Authors | K G Sheard, Kenneth Sheard |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 317 |
| Publication date | 1994-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Sport and Leisure in the Civilizing Process: Critique and Counter-Critique, Eric Dunning, 1992 |
| Venue | British Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1315 • E-ISSN: 1468-4446 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/591503 |
| OpenAlex | W1968317083 |
| Language | EN |
Figurational sociology is associated with the writings of Norbert Elias. In his theory of 'the civilizing process' and his work on the activity of sociology, Elias devised an approach to the study of human life which is now recognized as one of the major contributions to twentieth-century social science.Working in collaboration with Eric Dunning, Elias developed a series of writings on sport and leisure. These have been so influential that in some circles they are identified as the leading approach in the field. However, the figurational approach has also been widely criticized. For some critics it exhibits all of the worst features of the now discredited 'liberal,' 'functionalist' school of sociology.This collection provides a major critical assessment of the figurational approach to our understanding of sport and leisure. Contributors explore the distinctive features of such an approach and show its application to matters of sport and leisure. However, this is not a one-sided collection. The editors invited critics of figurational sociology to set out their points of view. Feminist and neo-Marxist contributors, for example, spell out why they judge the approach to be of limited value. The concluding chapter, written by Eric Dunning, offers a major statement of what figurational sociologists argue and how their arguments differ from other leading approaches both generally and in the field of sport and leisure. This unique and accessible collection is an important contribution to the growing area of sport and leisure studies
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Process (computing · Sociology · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education · Philosophy · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
Violence, Competition and the Emergence and Development of Modern Sports
The Female Warrior
Selling Permissible Violence
The Emergence, Codification and Diffusion of Sport
Aspects of Boxing in the Western 'Civilizing Process
The Sociology of Sport Reassessed in Light of the Phenomenon of Zygmunt Bauman
Debate the Civilizing Process Applied to Sports
The Pacification of Elite Lifestyles
A Mean-Spirited Sport
De-Sportization of Fighting Contests
Elite sport development systems and playing to win
Beyond Diffusion
Natural and Social Order at Walt Disney World; The Functions and Contradictions of Civilising Nature
Process-Sociological Notes on Sport, Gender Relations and Violence Control
Fighting is the Most Real and Honest Thing
Quest for excitement
Sports Celebrity and the Civilizing Process
Female Fandom
The Quest for Exciting Knowledge
The Politics of Figurational Sociology
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