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Editor’s Introduction: Long-term perspectives on the human condition Liston, Katie
Norbert Elias and the social history of knowledge Burke, Peter
Elias and/or Adorno – a short personal reflection and perspective from a musicologist Edström, Olle
Long-Term Patterns of Change in Human Interconnectedness: A View from International Relations Linklater, Andrew
European body cultures and the making of the modern world: Zones of prestige and established–outsider relations Maguire, Joseph
Elias in the Footsteps of Hobbes? Wickham, Gary; Evers, Barbara
Energy and Civilisation Goudsblom, Johan
Civilizing Earth Westbroek, Peter
Book Reviews Adler, Jeffrey S.; van Benthem van den Bergh, Godfried; Pezeril, Charlotte; Connolly, John; Dolan, Paddy
Editor’s Introduction: Sociology and International Relations: The Future? Linklater, Andrew
Norbert Elias and the human condition van Benthem van der Bergh, Godfried
The Taming of Economic Aristocracies Blomert, Reinhard
Politics in a World of Civilizations: Long-term Perspectives on Relations between Peoples Bowden, Brett
Viewing the Development of Human Society from Asia Suzuki, Shogo
Reconfiguring Elias: Historical Sociology, the English School, and the Challenge of International Relations Hobson, John M.
Cultures of Anarchy as Figurations: Reflections on Wendt, Elias and the English School Lacassagne, Aurélie
Figurational Sociology and the Democratic Peace - Holy Allies and Liberal Threats Bucher, Bernd
About Post-National Integration in Norbert Elias’s Work Towards a Socio-Historical Approach Delmotte, Florence
Realism and Reality Congruence: Sociology and International Relations Mennell, Stephen
Book Reviews Vertigans, Stephen; Klenbort, Daniel; Kuzmics, Helmut; Bowden, Brett; Blomert, Reinhard; Bogner, Artur
Editor’s Introduction Liston, Katie
The Advancement of Humanity Mazlish, Bruce
Water is not (yet) a commodity: Commodification and rationalization revisited Castro, José Esteban
American Civilization Jones, Charles A.
Emotions and Habitus of Officers as Reflected in Great Literature: The Case of the Habsburg Army from 1848 to 1918 Kuzmics, Helmut
Manufacturing Austerity in the Eurozone Clement, Matt
Norbert Elias and the Habits of Good Sociology Hughes, Jason
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Editor’s Introduction: ‘The most important thinker that you have never heard of’? Liston, Katie
Social Capital as a source of Majority Sentiment Banton, Michael
The Theoretical Concept of the ‘Civilising Offensive’ (Beschavingsoffensief): Notes on its Origins and Uses Powell, Ryan
Wittgenstein, Gellner, and Elias: From the Philosophy of Language Games to a Figurational Sociology of Knowledge. Loyal, Steven; Quilley, Stephen
Critique and overcritique in sociology Kilminster, Richard
Decivilization in the 1960s Pinker, Steven
Drawing Elias – Sketches from Four Interviews Hughes, Jason; Goodwin, John
Four Interviews with Norbert Elias Hahn, Gregor; Steenhuis, Aafke; Schulz, Martin-Jochen; Hetzel, Helmut
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Everyday practices and long term-processes: Overcoming dichotomies with the work of Norbert Elias van Daalen, Rineke; Kuipers, Giselinde
Sublimating Resentment: Following Elias along Five Paths toward Another Sociology Heinich, Nathalie
Polish Political Refugees in Norway: Between the Established and the Outsiders Bucholc, Marta
Classroom preoccupations: The shadow of the past in Dutch vocational training van Daalen, Rineke
Decontrolled by solidarity: Understanding recreational violence in moral holidays Weenink, Don
The postliberal politics of halal: new directions in the civilizing process? Lever, John
Editor’s Introduction: Going beyond our present Liston, Katie
Changing patterns of self-presentation by depressed clients: from shame to self-respect Westerbeek, Jette; Meeuwesen, Ludwien; Brinkgreve, Christien; Gomperts, Wouter
Making children ‘social’: Civilising institutions in the Danish welfare state Gilliam, Laura; Gulløv, Eva
Codifying Figurational Theory and Mapping Common Ground in Sociology...and Beyond Kasper, Debbie V.S.
Civilisation and empire: A challenging nexus Gallo, Ernesto
Universally applicable criteria for doing figurational process sociology: Seven balances, one triad Wouters, Cas
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Editor’s Introduction: Swimming against the tide Liston, Katie
Towards a Process-oriented Model of Democratisation or De-Democratisation Alikhani, Behrouz
The debate about utopias from a sociological perspective Kilminster, Richard
From Cultural Trauma to Nuclear War? Interpreting the Iranian-Israeli Conflict Yair, Gad; Akbari, Behzad
‘Not under my roof’: Teenage Sexuality and Status Competition in the USA and the Netherlands since the 1880s Wouters, Cas
Globalisation and the ‘American dream’ Mennell, Stephen
Four Theories of Informalization and How to Test Them Collins, Randall
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Introduction to the Special Issue of Human Figurations on Civilising Offensives Flint, John; Kruithof, Bernard; Powell, Ryan
The Dutch bourgeois civilising offensive in the nineteenth century Kruithof, Bernard
Beschavingsoffensief (civilising offensive): from sociological concept to moral appeal de Regt, Ali
Home from Home: UK civilising offensives in residential childcare Vertigans, Stephen
Balances between civilising processes and offensives: Adult-child relations in Irish primary schools from the mid-nineteenth century Dolan, Paddy
Thatcher’s civilising offensive: The Ridley Plan to decivilise the working class Clement, Matt
Containing the Urban Poor – Coercion or Consent? Disciplining Missions and Civilising Offensives in the Netherlands van Ginkel, Rob
‘We are not long-haired hippies …’ Civilising offensives, suffering, doping and professional cycling Connolly, John
Civilising offensives and decivilising processes: between the emic and the etic Mennell, Stephen
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Editor’s Introduction: Reflections on Global Power Relations Liston, Katie
Explaining American hypocrisy Mennell, Stephen
Rejected Modernity Mazlish, Bruce
Incoherent Empire Revisited: Against Interventionism Mann, Michael
Problems of Orientation and Control: Marx, Elias and the Involvement–Detachment Balance in Figurational Sociology Saramago, André
Editor's Introduction Liston, Katie
Discussing theories and processes of civilisation and informalisation: criteriology Wouters, Cas; Mennell, Stephen
Twenty-five years on: Norbert Elias’s intellectual legacy 1990–2015 Górnicka, Barbara; Liston, Katie; Mennell, Stephen
Approaching new migration through Elias’s ‘established’ and ‘outsiders’ lens Petintseva, Olga
The Medieval Housebook and Elias’s ‘Scenes from the Life of a Knight’: A case study fit for purpose? Murphy, Patrick
Using Fantasy: Notes on Elias’s Sociology Giovannini, Paolo
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Editor’s Introduction Liston, Katie
Civilised Provocations in the Lion’s Den… Post, Arjan
The Prinsenhof Lecture Elias, Norbert
Shame as Social Pain Goudsblom, Johan
Towards an integration of Lust and Love? Eroticisation and Sexualisation since the 1880s Wouters, Cas
Elias and the Sociology of Ideas: A Critique of Randall Collins’s Microsociology of Intellectual Change Gilbert, Thomas Krendl
The Myth of Social Progress, Revisited Lempert, David
Risks of corruption and the development of self-control of public officials Šņitņikovs, Aleksejs
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Editors’ Introduction: Stephen Mennell – The sociable character Loyal, Steven; Górnicka, Barbara; Liston, Katie
Guides on my way to Elias Goudsblom, Johan
When European Studies Meets The American Civilizing Process: A Short Tribute to Stephen J. Mennell Delmotte, Florence
American exceptionalism? The growth of income and wealth inequality in the United States and other Western societies Wilterdink, Nico
The ‘Standard of Civilisation’ in World Politics Linklater, Andrew
Notes on the Idea of a Nation van Benthem van den Bergh, Godfried
Bourdieu on the state: An Eliasian Critique Loyal, Steven
Functional Democratisation and Disintegration as Side-Effects of Differentiation and Integration Processes Wouters, Cas
Sociological reading of diary fragments 1940–1945 Brinkgreve, Christien; van Daalen, Rineke
The Polish Constitutional Crisis 2015–16: A Figurational Perspective Bucholc, Marta
Editor's Introduction Liston, Katie
Apologia pro vita sociologica sua: social character and historical process, and why I became an Eliasian sociologist Mennell, Stephen
The sociogenesis of terrorism as part of English–Irish relations during the nineteenth century Dunning, Michael
On the Habitual Dimension of Problems of Democratisation; Using the Example of Egypt after the Arab Spring Alikhani, Behrouz
The Cooley-Elias-Goffman Theory Scheff, Thomas
Informalisation and Evolution: Four Phases in the Development of Steering Codes Wouters, Cas
Book reviews for Volume 6, issue 1 of Human Figurations —
Guest Editors' Introduction: Comparative-Historical Sociology as Antidote to the ‘Crackpot Realism’ of the Twenty-First Century Law, Alex; Mennell, Stephen
History is Not Bunk: Why Comparative Historical Sociology is Indispensable When Looking to the Future Mennell, Stephen
The Decivilising Effects of the Financial System de Haro, Fernando Ampudia
Difficulties of the EU as a Common Object for Identification Alikhani, Behrouz
The Social Bases of Democracy Revisited; or, Why Democracy Cannot Be Dropped in Bombs from B62s at 30,000 Feet Mennell, Stephen
The Narcissism of National Solipsism: Civic Nationalism and Sub-State Formation Processes in Scotland Law, Alex
Comparative-Historical Sociology as Professional Practice Lybeck, Eric Royal
Learning from the Past: How Local Economic Conventions Influence Responses to Global Crises Baur, Nina; Hering, Linda
‘Problems of involvement and detachment’: Norbert Elias and the investigation of contemporary social processes Lever, John; Powell, Ryan
Editor's Introduction Liston, Katie
Elias and Popper Mennell, Stephen
Herder and the Idea of a Nation van den Bergh, Godfried van Benthem
One across goes into sociology: A neglected feature of mass culture Ridley, Hugh
Translator’s Introduction: Menno ter Braak’s two articles on Norbert Elias, ‘The age of kitsch’ (1935) and ‘The word civilization’ (1939) Krieken, Robert van
The age of kitsch: Our culture seen as a period of ‘uncertainty of form’; art and Kitsch are not opposites Braak, Menno ter
The word civilization: on the border between civilization and culture Braak, Menno ter
High culture unravelled: A historical and empirical analysis of contrasting logics of cultural hierarchy van den Haak, Marcel
Thinking with Elias using the Collected Works Sereva, Emilia
Book reviews for Volume 7, issue 1 of Human Figurations —
Richard Kilminster and "Post-philosophical" Sociology: Editors’ Introduction to the Special Issue on "the Sociology of Sociology in Long-term Perspective" Górnicka, Barbara; Ó Ríagáin, Russell; Powell, Ryan
The Threefold Calling of Sociology Joly, Marc
Process Sociology and Human Emancipation: Involvement and Detachment Reconsidered Linklater, Andrew
Contesting Disciplinary Boundaries. Richard Kilminster and the 'sociological revolution' Scott, Alan
Richard Kilminster: From Praxis to Process Loyal, Steve
Laudatio for Richard Kilminster Mennell, Stephen
On the Process of Becoming a Sociologist: Autobiographical Reflections Kilminster, Richard
Book reviews for Volume 8, Issue 1 of Human Figurations —
Call for Editors for the international journal Human Figurations: Long-term Perspectives on the Human Condition. —
APOV: Who are you looking at? Shakespeare, Tom
What does disability bring to sociology? Goodley, Dan; Runswick-Cole, Katherine
Gossip, Control and Community: Figurational Explorations in Sociological Criminology Swann, Rachel; Meredith, Steve; Hughes, Gordon
Turning Against Neighbours: The Fortification of the United Kingdom in Representations of Internalised Movements by Non-UK EU Citizens During the Early Twenty-First Century Mack, Alexander
The Redefinition of Legitimate Violence in Combat Sports: The Case of MMA in the USA and Europe Sánchez García, Raúl
More than a single footnote: Connecting Alexis de Tocqueville and Norbert Elias Boonstra, Wiebren J.
Foreword to William H. McNeill (1986) De pest in de geschiedenis Goudsblom, Johan
Review of The Historical Sociology of Japanese Martial Arts by Raúl Sánchez García Reicher, Dieter