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Desperately seeking pigeons

Posted on June 4, 2007 by Stephen Mennell Eric Dunning recently recalled having written an article with Norbert Elias on the popular working-class hobby of pigeon racing, sometime in the late 1960s, which he thought had been published in an...

Last edited on: 2007-06-04

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Anti-War Film

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Thomas Scheff My 58 minute anti-war film will begin playing nationwide on June 4, and about 20 more times in June and July. Crying is a subtext of the film; there is a lot...

Last edited on: 2007-05-24

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Concrete and Abstract: Elias, Cooley, Freud, and Goffman

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Thomas Scheff My iron law of all online forums is that they first blossom then wither. So be it. This is my attempt to stave off the process on this forum for a while....

Last edited on: 2007-05-19

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Panel ‘Norbert Elias and International Relations’

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Herbert Dittgen Dear All, I am currently considering to propose a panel on “Norbert Elias and international Relations” for the convention of the International Studies Association in San Francisco next year. Who is interested...

Last edited on: 2007-05-02

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ISA World Congress 2010

Posted on April 29, 2007 by admin Dear Elias-I list members We write to you with good news about plans for a “figurational presence” at the ISA World Congress of Sociology in Göteborg in 2010. Many subscribers to the Elias-I...

Last edited on: 2007-04-29

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Wie kent de theorieën van RW Connell?

Posted on April 10, 2006 by Barbara Wiemann Dear all, Do you know somebody, who is or has been working on the theory on gender/masculinities, which R.W. Connell developed in his books Gender and Power (1987), Masculinities (1995) and Gender...

Last edited on: 2007-04-10

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Elias on Criminal Punishment

Posted on April 3, 2007 by Andrew Hammel Since no objections were raised and I received three expressions of interest, I’ve scanned and attached the splendid Merkur article by Michael Schröter, in a searchable German-language .pdf. All in the spirit...

Last edited on: 2007-04-03

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CFP – Norbert Elias and the Civilizing of Laughter

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Elias Foundation Special Session Panel, Modern Language Association, Chicago, December 2007 To what extent does the discipline to which the body and bodily functions are subjected in the civilizing process also effect the phenomenon...

Last edited on: 2007-03-08

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Elias: Law Versus ‘Structured Change’

Posted on January 19, 2007 by Bradly Nitins Hi All, The issue, recently raised in relation to the debate on sociogenesis, of the notion of ‘law’ in Elias’ thought is an interesting one, and i think it can be usefully...

Last edited on: 2007-01-19

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Sociogenesis

Posted on January 14, 2007 by Stephen Mennell A colleague asked me for a definition of “sociogenesis”. I don’t do definitions. Can anyone offer anything pithy? Stephen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Professor Stephen Mennell St Catharine’s College Cambridge, CB2 1RL United Kingdom [Visiting...

Last edited on: 2007-01-14

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