Norbert Elias 吳婉綺 簡詩蓉 郭重光 蔡正文

Elias’ Life Born on June 22, 1897 in Breslau in Silesia 1915 he volunteered for the German army in World War I 1917 suffered a nervous breakdown and lost his job The same year, Elias began studying philosophy, psychology and medicine at the University of Breslau until 1925, Elias was involved in the German Zionist movement 1925 moved to Heidelberg and followed Karl Mannheim to become his assistant at the University of Frankfurt

Elias’ Life Early 1933, after the Nazi take-over, Mannheim's institute was forced to close 1933 Elias fled to 1935 moved to and work on The Civilizing Process In 1954, moved to and teaching sociology 1965 returned to Europe and lived in 1969 became popular after the republication of The Civilizing Process 1977 Theodor W. Adorno Award 1987 European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences 1990 died at his home in Amsterdam Paris England Leicester Amsterdam

Elias’ Theory Elias' theory focused on the relationship between power, behavior, emotion, and knowledge over time. He explains the emergence and function of large societal structures, which is known as figurational sociology Outside his sociological work he also wrote poetry and essays.

The Civilizing Process Originally published in 1939 Ignored until translated into English in The first volume traces the historical developments of the "second nature" of European The second volume looks into the causes of these processes

Elias’ Gallery

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