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The Established and the Outsiders: The Collected Works of Norbert Elias, 4
John L. Scotson Norbert Elias
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Description for The Established and the Outsiders: The Collected Works of Norbert Elias, 4
Hardcover. Series: Collected Works of Norbert Elias. 272 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Wouters, Cas. Explains differences in power and rank between two very similar groups - both working class - in a local community studied in the early 1960s. This book shows how one group monopolised sources of power and used them to exclude and stigmatise members of the other, pinpointing the role of gossip in the process. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFS. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 30. Weight: 618.
In "The Established and the Outsiders", Elias and Scotson explain differences in power and rank between two very similar groups - both working class - in a local community studied in the early 1960s. They show how one group monopolised sources of power and used them to exclude and stigmatise members of the other, pinpointing the role of gossip in the process. In a later theoretical introduction, Elias advanced a general theory of power relations, applying the established-outsiders model to changing power balances between classes, ethnic groups, colonised and colonisers, men and women, parents and children, gays and straights. A ... Read more
In "The Established and the Outsiders", Elias and Scotson explain differences in power and rank between two very similar groups - both working class - in a local community studied in the early 1960s. They show how one group monopolised sources of power and used them to exclude and stigmatise members of the other, pinpointing the role of gossip in the process. In a later theoretical introduction, Elias advanced a general theory of power relations, applying the established-outsiders model to changing power balances between classes, ethnic groups, colonised and colonisers, men and women, parents and children, gays and straights. A ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781904558927
SKU
V9781904558927
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About John L. Scotson Norbert Elias
NORBERT ELIAS (1897-1990) was one of the greatest sociologists of the twentieth century. He studied with Alfred Weber in Heidelberg and served as Karl Mannheim's assistant in Frankfurt. On Hitler's coming to power, he went into exile, first in France and then in Britain. His magnum opus The Civilising Process received little attention when it was published in Switzerland in ... Read more
Reviews for The Established and the Outsiders: The Collected Works of Norbert Elias, 4
"The enterprise of publishing the collected works of Norbert Elias under the editorship of Richard Kilminster and Stephen Mennell by University College Dublin Press is an extremely important contribution to the contemporary intellectual and academic scene. Norbert Elias was one of the most original minds in the human and social sciences in the 20th century - his work covers not ... Read more