The Norbert Elias reader Book

	Sources and Acknowledgements
	Introduction
Pt. I	The Early Years, 1920-1935
1	Idea and Individual	5
2	On Primitive Art	8
3	Court Society as a Sociological Problem	12
4	The Expulsion of the Huguenots from France	18
5	The Kitsch Style and the Age of Kitsch	26
Pt. II	The Civilizing Process, 1935-1940
6	An Outline of The Civilizing Process	39
7	Kultur and Civilisation	46
8	The Rise of the Fork	51
9	The Sociogenesis of Courts	55
10	Civilization and Rationalization	61
11	The Society of Individuals - I	68
Pt. III	Sociologist in Britain, 1950-1965
12	Sociology and Psychiatry	77
13	The Naval Profession	81
14	Involvement and Detachment	84
15	The Society of Individuals - II	92
16	The Quest for Excitement in Leisure	96
17	Group Charisma and Group Disgrace	104
18	The Breakdown of Civilization	113
Pt. IV	A European Sociologist, 1966-1990
19	The Civilizing Process Revisited	125
20	The Concept of Figurations	130
21	African Art	132
22	An Interview in Amsterdam	141
23	The Sciences	152
24	On the Concept of Everyday Life	166
25	The Retreat of Sociologists into the Present	175
26	Renate Rubinstein	186
27	The Civilizing of Parents	189
28	Technization and Civilization	212
29	The Society of Individuals - III	230
30	Informalization and the Civilizing Process	235
31	Mozart's Revolt	246
32	The Symbol Theory	252
	Notes	264
	Bibliography	277
	Name Index	284
	Subject Index	287