This book provides a valuable insight into the work and life of Norber Elias - one of the most important social thinkers of the twentieth century. It includes an extended interview with Elias and an autobiographical account which demonstrates the connection between the development of his theories an[...]

Offering a fascinating survey of Norbert Elias's life and writings, Dennis Smith traces the growth of his reputation. He is the first author to confront Elias's work with the contrasting theories of Talcott Parsons, Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault and Zygmunt Bauman. He also illustrates how Elias's i[...]

The Drilling is a triple barreled, shoulder held firearm. The gun's name is derived from the German word for three "drei." As a "combination gun," the Drilling is comprised of various combinations of shotgun and/or rifle barrels, giving the flexibility of shooting both types of cartridges with a ver[...]

Presents the circumstances of important failures that have had wide-reaching impacts on civil engineering practice. This work includes case studies that narrate the known facts of the situation: design and construction, the failure, subsequent investigation or analysis, and issues such as technical [...]

In The Symbol Theory, Norbert Elias draws together three central themes. At the first level the book is concerned with symbols in relation to language, knowing and thinking. Secondly, Elias stresses that symbols are also tangible sound-patterns of human communication, made possible by the evolutiona[...]

A collection of writings, appearing for the first time in English, pertaining to the spirituality of the 12th-century Norbertines (a.k.a. Order of Premonstratensians, the religious order founded by St. Norbert of Xanten).[...]

"Some people seem to be able to talk anybody into anything Do they simply possess a natural talent that the rest of us can never hope to imitate? This refreshing books says ""No "" and provides readers with a unique, proven, step-by-step analytical thinking process that anyone can use to analyze, [...]

Originally published in 1991 and now reissued by Continuum International, this book consists of three sections. The first, written in 1939, was either left out of Elias's most famous book, The Civilizing Process, or was written along with it. Part 2 was written between 1940 and 1960. Part 3 is from [...]

The "Continuum Contemporaries" series provides informative and accessible introductions to some of the most important and influential novels of recent years. Each volume contains a biography of the novelist in question, a detailed summary of plot, characters and context, and details of film and tele[...]