Essays III: On Sociology and the Humanities, Volume 16

Norbert Elias, 1897-1990; Note on the text; Figuration; Social processes; Towards a theory of social processes; Social process models on multiple levels; On the sociogenesis of sociology; The break with traditionalism: report on the discussion; Group charisma and group disgrace; Address on Adorno: respect and critique; Sociology in danger: the case for the reorientation of a discipline; A diagnosis of present-day sociology; The retreat of sociologists into the present; The concept of everyday life; The story of the shoelaces; Social anxieties; On human beings and their emotions: a process-sociological essay; Sociology and psychiatry; Civilisation and psychosomatics; Foreword to The Sociology of Sport; Football in the process of civilisation; Pigeon racing; African art; Stages of African art, social and visual; Some remarks on the problem of work; Professions; The changing balance of power between the sexes - a process-sociological study: the example of the ancient Roman state; 'Where two come together in lawful matrimony...'; Foreword to Women Torn Two Ways; Renate Rubinstein; Appendices: I On the division of social functions; II Max Weber, involvement, detachment and charismatic leadership. III Extended notes to 'Stages of African art: social and visual'; IV List of minor publications by Norbert Elias; Textual variants; Bibliography; Index.