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Norbert Elias in Troubled Times

Norbert Elias in Troubled Times

Figurational Approaches to the Problems of the Twenty-First Century
Florence Delmotte, Barbara Górnicka (dir.), Norbert Elias in Troubled Times. Figurational Approaches to the Problems of the Twenty-First Century, Palgrave Macmillan, coll. « Palgrave Studies on Norbert Elias », 2021, 357 p., ISBN : 978-3-030-74992-7.
Notice publiée le 04 avril 2022

Présentation de l'éditeur

Applies Eliasian approaches in a new way, addressing primarily contemporary problems in society

Focuses on social and political issues, including violence, war, terrorism, exclusion, the environment, migration, and beyond, to extend the typical applications of Eliasian theory and methods

Compares the pragmatic and sociological relevance of Elias’s approach to that of other established social scientists working in the area of contemporary social and political problems

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Auteurs

Florence Delmotte (dir.)

Florence Delmotte is Research Associate at the Belgian Foundation for Scientific Research (FNRS) and Professor of Political Science at Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles, Belgium. Her research focuses on the relevance of Norbert Elias and processual sociology for thinking through such political issues as citizenship, legitimacy, belonging and national habitus in today’s Europe. She is the author of a number of articles in English and French on these topics. 

Barbara Górnicka (dir.)

Barbara Górnicka is Research Fellow in Sociology at University College Dublin, Ireland, where she completed her doctoral degree in 2016. She is a Fellow of the Norbert Elias Foundation and a Co-Editor of the Human Figurations Journal. She is the author of Nakedness, Shame and Embarrassment: A Long-term Sociological Perspective (Springer, 2016).

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