| The Established and the Outsiders Contributor(s): Elias, Norbert (Author), Scotson, John L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803979495 ISBN-13: 9780803979499 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $77.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1995 Annotation: The book examines the mechanisms of stigmatisation, taboo and gossip, monopolisation of power, collective fantasy and "we" and "they" images which support and reinforce divisions in society. Developing aspects of Norbert Elias's thinking that relate his work to current sociological concerns, it presents the fullest elaboration of his concepts of mutual identification and functional democratisation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 307.740 |
| LCCN: 94-61329 |
| Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.79 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This new edition of this classic text from one of the major figures of world sociology includes an introduction published in English for the first time. In Norbert Elias′s hands, a local community study of tense relations between an established group and outsiders becomes a microcosm that illuminates a wide range of sociological configurations including racial, ethnic, class and gender relations. The Established and the Outsiders examines the mechanisms of stigmatization, taboo and gossip, monopolization of power, collective fantasy and we′ and they′ images which support and reinforce divisions in society. Developing aspects of Elias′s thinking that relate his work to current sociological concerns, it presents the |