The society of individuals

Norbert Elias ; edited by Robert van Krieken ; translated by Edmund Jephcott ; German text edited by Michael Schröter

Philosophers and social scientists have for decades - centuries even - tied themselves in knots over the supposed problem of 'individual' versus 'society', and its offshoots such as 'agency' and 'structure'. Elias shows the falsity of problem, which ought to be easily resolved by thinking in terms of processes extending over the generations - though in practice the baleful influence of philosophy leads to its constant resurrection. "The Society of Individuals" consists of three essays, the first written in 1939, the second dating from the 1940s and 1950s, and the third a final reflection composed in 1987 only three years before Elias' death. In each, Elias takes the discussion to a new level, demonstrating that individualisation is an inherent component of the personal socialisation process and of inter-generational civilising processes, exploding the myth of the 'We-less ego', and introducing important conceptual innovations, including 'I-identity' versus 'We-identity' and the 'We-I balance'.

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[目次]

  • Norbert Elias (1897-1990)
  • Note on the text
  • Preface
  • Part I: The Society of Individuals (1939)
  • Part II: Problems of self-consciousness and the image of man (1940s-1950s): Wishful and fearful self-images of humans as individuals and of society
  • The thinking statues individualisation in the social process
  • Part III: Changes in the we-I balance (1987)
  • Appendix I: Rainer Maria Rilke, 'The Book of Pilgrimage'
  • Appendix II: Two poems by Goethe
  • Appendix III: Power struggles and the concepts of 'state' and 'society'
  • Appendix IV: Migration and the conflict of generations
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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書名 The society of individuals
著作者等 Elias, Norbert
Schröter, Michael
Van Krieken, Robert
Krieken Robert van
Schroter Michael
Jephcott Edmund
書名別名 Die Gesellschaft der Individuen
シリーズ名 The collected works of Norbert Elias
出版元 University College Dublin Press
刊行年月 2010
ページ数 xvi, 224 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 9781906359072
NCID BB08292013
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言語 英語
原文言語 ドイツ語
出版国 アイルランド
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