Norbert Elias and social theory

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Norbert Elias has been recognized as one of the key social scientists of the twentieth century. The contributions collected in Norbert Elias and Social Theory discuss the specificites, the strengths, and the limits of Elias's sociology by considering its similarities and its differences with other important classical (Epicure, Freud, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, and Simmel) and contemporary (Manheim, Fromm, Arendt, Bauman, and Bourdieu) social theories. -- from back cover.

subjects: Sociology,  History,  Social sciences,  Philosophy,  Social sciences, philosophy,  Sociology, history,  Social sciences / Philosophy,  Sociology / History,  Soziologische Theorie,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Anthropology,  General,  Regional Studies,  Social theory,  Society

People: Norbert Elias (1897-1990)