Norbert Elias has been described as among the great sociologists of the 20th century. A collection of his most important writings, this book sets out Elias' thi

Originally published in 1991 and now reissued by Continuum International, this book consists of three sections. The first, written in 1939, was either left out

This book contains Elias's broadest statement of the fundamentals of sociology, in important respects very different from the discipline as it is institutionali

This book presents key conceptualizations of violence as developed by Norbert Elias. The authors explain and exemplify these concepts by analyzing Elias’s lat

This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the key aspects of Norbert Elias's work.