ISBN:
9783030803797
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (296 pages)
Series Statement:
Palgrave Studies on Norbert Elias Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Social sciences-Philosophy
;
Civilization
;
Electronic books
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Other Participants in the Conference -- Introduction -- The Flight from the Past? -- The Bielefeld Conference -- Subsequent Trends -- The Civilising Process: World Figuration or World System? -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- Discussion of Evers's Paper -- The Modern World-System as a Civilisation -- Discussion of Wallerstein's Paper -- The Formation of States and Changes in Restraint -- Discussion of Elias's Paper -- The Rise of the West as a Long-Term Process -- Discussion of McNeill's Paper -- From Shamelessness to Guilt -- Discussion of Hopkins's Paper -- Civilisation, Culture and Power: Reflections on Norbert Elias's Genealogy of the West -- Discussion of Arnason's Paper -- The Domestication of Fire as a Civilising Process -- Part One: The First Stage-Origins and Conditions -- Introduction -- Before Domestication -- From Passive to Active Use of Fire -- Preconditions for the Active Use of Fire -- Discussion of Goudsblom's Paper -- Final Discussion -- Index.
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