Civilizing and decivilizing processes
2011·343 pages
A scholarly exploration of civilizing processes in American history and culture through figurational sociology.
Owned
No reviews yet
Owned
A scholarly exploration of civilizing processes in American history and culture through figurational sociology.
About
Details
This volume collects new articles that explore the theoretical framework of figurational or relational sociology as represented by Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu with regard to its relevance to American history, culture, and literature. The emphasis is put on Elias’s theory of the “civilizing process” and the question in how far his study of the European process of state formation and the correlative psycho-social changes is relevant to the analysis of the development of the American nation-s...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Violence & gore
AI
Brief mentions of historical violence like slave insurrections.
Profanity
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Substance use
AI
Brief discussion of drinking in early American republic.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Religious content
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Magic & witchcraft
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Occult / demonology
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
AI
Central focus on social theory and American cultural-political development.
Self-harm / suicide
AI
No evidence found in available sources.
Abuse & suffering
AI
Discussions of slavery, Indian boarding schools, and systemic suffering.
Other
AI
No information found.