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Law and (De)Civilization: An Introduction
Recht und (Ent-)Zivilisierung: Eine Einführung
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Abstract This paper outlines the intellectual origins of this special issue in a number of conferences and workshops held between 2018 and 2021, addressing the questions of, on the one hand, how the understanding of law and legal institutions can be enhanced with reference to Norbert Elias's conception of bo... view more
This paper outlines the intellectual origins of this special issue in a number of conferences and workshops held between 2018 and 2021, addressing the questions of, on the one hand, how the understanding of law and legal institutions can be enhanced with reference to Norbert Elias's conception of both civilizing and decivilizing process and, on the other hand, how Elias’s analysis of civilization and decivilization could be developed with a deeper engagement with the specific role of law. After a discussion of the centrality of law to civilizing and decivilizing processes, we identify the central theoretic premises that informed the call for papers and that link all the papers together. This is followed by a very brief outline of each of the nine papers, and finally some concluding reflections on the future directions that research in this field might take.... view less
Keywords
Elias, N.; law; civilization; violence; social integration; social process; social change
Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Free Keywords
decivilization; social disintegration
Document language
German
Publication Year
2024
Page/Pages
p. 7-33
Journal
Historical Social Research, 49 (2024) 2
Issue topic
Law and (De)Civilization: Process-Sociological Perspectives on Law in Social Change
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed