The Civilizing Process Sociogenetic and Psychogenetic Investigations,9780631221616

The Civilizing Process Sociogenetic and Psychogenetic Investigations

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780631221616
ISBN10: 0631221611
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-07-13
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

The Civilizing Process stands out as Norbert Elias' greatest work, tracing the 'civilizing' of manners and personality in Western Europe since the Middle Ages, and showing how this was related to the formation of states and the monopolization of power within them. It comprises the two volumes originally published in English as The History of Manners and State Formation and Civilization, now, in a single volume, the book is restored to its original format and made available world-wide to a new generation of readers. In this new edition, the original text is extensively revised, corrected, and updated. The Revised Edition reveals anew and afresh the greatness of Elias' masterpiece.

Author Biography

Norbert Elias (1897-1990) taught at the University of Frankfurt until his exile from Hitler's Germany. In Britain, he worked at the Universities of London and Leicester, and in retirement was visiting professor in Ghana, Amsterdam, Munster, Bielefeld and many other universities. By the time of his death he was recognized as one of the outstanding social scientists of the twentieth century. His previous Blackwell books include: The Norbert Elias Reader, The Court Society, The Loneliness of the Dying, Involvement and Detachment, Time: An Essay, The Society of Individuals and, with Eric Dunning, Quest for Excitement.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgements to the English Translation xvi
Editors' Note to the Revised Translation xvii
VOLUME I: CHANGES IN THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE SECULAR UPPER CLASSES IN THE WEST 1(2)
PART ONE ON THE SOCIOGENESIS OF THE CONCEPTS OF ``CIVILIZATION'' AND ``CULTURE'' 3(42)
Sociogenesis of the Antithesis between Kultur and Zivilisation in German Usage
5(26)
Introduction
5(4)
The Development of the Antithesis between Kultur and Zivilisation
9(2)
Examples of Courtly Attitudes in Germany
11(4)
The Middle Class and the Court Nobility in Germany
15(5)
Literary Examples of the Relationship of the German Middle-Class Intelligentsia to the Court
20(6)
The Recession of the Social Element and the Advance of the National Element in the Antithesis between Kultur and Zivilisation
26(5)
Sociogenesis of the Concept of Civilisation in France
31(14)
Introduction
31(4)
Sociogenesis of Physiocratism and the French Reform Movement
35(10)
PART TWO CIVILIZATION AS A SPECIFIC TRANSFORMATION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR 45(138)
The History of the Concept of Civilite
47(5)
On Medieval Manners
52(8)
The Problem of the Change in Behaviour during the Renaissance
60(12)
On Behaviour at Table
72(37)
Examples
72(13)
Representing upper-class behaviour in fairly pure form
72(8)
From books addressed to wider bourgeois strata
80(5)
Comments on the Quotations on Table Manners
85(24)
Group 1: An Overview of the Societies to which the Texts were Addressed
85(2)
Excursus on the Rise and Decline of the Concepts of Courtoisie and Civilite
87(2)
A Review of the Curve Marking the ``Civilizing'' of Eating Habits
89(3)
Excursus on the Modelling of Speech at Court
92(5)
Reasons Given by People for Distinguishing between ``Good'' and ``Bad'' Behaviour
97(2)
Group 2: On the Eating of Meat
99(4)
Use of the Knife at Table
103(4)
On the Use of the Fork at Table
107(2)
Changes in Attitudes towards the Natural Functions
109(12)
Examples
109(5)
Some Remarks on the Examples and on these Changes in General
114(7)
On Blowing One's Nose
121(8)
Examples
121(5)
Comments on the Quotations on Nose-Blowing
126(3)
On Spitting
129(7)
Examples
129(3)
Comments on the Quotations on Spitting
132(4)
On Behaviour in the Bedroom
136(6)
Examples
136(2)
Comments on the Examples
138(4)
Changes in Attitudes towards the Relations between Men and Women
142(19)
On Changes in Aggressiveness
161(11)
Scenes from the Life of a Knight
172(11)
VOLUME II: STATE FORMATION AND CIVILIZATION 183(2)
PART THREE FEUDALIZATION AND STATE FORMATION 185(102)
Introduction
187(1)
Survey of Courtly Society
187(4)
A Prospective Glance at the Sociogenesis of Absolutism
191(4)
Dynamics of Feudalization
195(62)
Introduction
195(2)
Centralizing and Decentralizing Forces in the Medieval Power Figuration
197(11)
The Increase in Population after the Great Migration
208(6)
Some Observations on the Sociogenesis of the Crusades
214(6)
The Internal Expansion of Society: The Formation of New Social Organs and Instruments
220(5)
Some New Elements in the Structure of Medieval Society as Compared with Antiquity
225(5)
On the Sociogenesis of Feudalism
230(6)
On the Sociogenesis of Minnesang and Courtly Forms of Conduct
236(21)
On the Sociogenesis of the State
257
The First Stage of the Rising Monarchy: Competition and Monopolization within a Territorial Framework
257(4)
Excursus on Some Differences in the Paths of Development of England, France and Germany
261(7)
On the Monoply Mechanism
268(9)
Early Struggles within the Framework of the Kingdom
277(12)
The Resurgence of Centrifugal Tendencies: The Figuration of the Competing Princes
289(14)
The Last Stages of the Free Competitive Struggle and Establishment of the Final Monoply of the Victor
303

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