24th August 2009 · Paperback / softback
Gaelic sports have been played for over a century in America, and provide a window into the lives and culture of the...
25th April 2009 · Hardback
Contains 28 essays some of which directly express Elias' dissatisfaction with the ahistorical, present-centred trend of modern sociology. This book shows how...
5th January 2009 · Hardback
Presents themes that represent major extensions of and reflections upon the ideas first advanced in "The Civilizing Process". This title includes topics...
9th October 2008 · Hardback
Argues that in highly constrained, 'civilised' societies, sports - as well as a spectrum of other cultural and leisure activities - are...
23rd February 2007 · Hardback
Aims to turn an ancient philosophical question - what is time? - into a researchable theoretical-empirical problem. What we call 'time' is...
23rd February 2007 · Hardback
Presents an exposition of the author's sociological theory of the growth of knowledge and the sciences as an aspect of overall human...
19th February 2007 · Hardback
The emergence of the naval officer was related to the necessities of naval warfare and the structure of society on land. Originally...
1st September 2006 · Paperback / softback
Focuses on the implications for Irish social policy of social change including the need to respond to changes resulting from immigration and...
2nd December 2005 · Hardback
A study of the life of the nobility at the royal court of France, especially under Louis XIV....
28th November 2005 · Hardback
Includes essay 'On Seeing in Nature', a response to Karl Mannheim's famous paper on cultural competition, and a number of short stories...
20th September 2004 · Paperback / softback
'Theorising Irish Social Policy' examines the theoretical debates underpinning Irish social policy. Topics covered include globalisation, the state and civil society, poverty...
11th September 1998 · Paperback / softback
Gives an introduction to Norbert Elias' work that is not part of the "Collected Works of Norbert Elias"....