Norbert Elias and Empirical Research [Hardcover]

Norbert Elias has been recognized as one of the key social scientists of the 20th century at least in sociology, political science and history. This book will address Norbert Elias's approach to empirical research, the use of his work in empirical research, and compare him with other theorists.1. Therapeutic Culture and Self-help Literature. The 'positive psychology' Code; Helena B?jar 2. Elias and Literature (Psychogenesis of Brazil in French Books for Young People); Andr?a Borges Le?o 3. The Civilization of Capital Punishment in France; Emmanuel Ta?eb 4. Civilizing and Decivilizing Characteristics of the Contemporary Penal Field; John Pratt 5. Jurists, Police, Doctors and Psychologists - Discussing Sexual Violence in 20th-century Brazil; Tatiana Savoia Landini 6. Civilising 'life itself': Elias and Foucault; Dominique Memmi 7. The New Style: Etiquette During the Exile of the Portuguese Court in Rio de Janeiro (1808-1821); Jurandir Malerba 8. Principal Elements of Ottoman State-formation Process Through Eliasian Perspective; Irem Ozgoren Kinli 9. The Metamorphoses of the Dacha: Some Processual Thinking; Fran?ois D?pelteau and Ronan Hervouet 10. Revisiting Relations between the Sexes in Sport on the Island of Ireland; Katie Liston 11. Germany's Special Path to Where? Elias in the Eurozone; Matt Clement 12. Norbert Elias and the Enigma of Time; Ji?? Subrt 13. Comparing Norbert Elias and Mikhail Bakhtin  the History of Laughter and the Civilizing Process; Thomas Maxwell Shore

After Norbert Elias and Social Theory, Fran?ois D?pelteau and Tatiana Savoia Landini continue their beautiful effort to diffuse the thought of Norbert Elias by showing its actuality with Norbert Elias and Empirical Research. With his figurational and processual sociology, the German sociologist refused the separation between the historical, the psychological, and the social, and invited the researchers not to abandon empirical inquiry. These messages have been perfectly heard by the reslÓ4