Open AccessNorbert Elias i socjologia figuracyjna
Author(s) -
Katarzyna Suwada
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
kultura i społeczeństwo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2300-195X
pISSN - 0023-5172
DOI - 10.35757/kis.2011.55.1.4
Subject(s) - sociology , biography , epistemology , character (mathematics) , historical sociology , anthropology , social science , philosophy , history , art history , geometry , mathematics
In the article the biography and theories of Norbert Elias, a sociologist who lived and wrote in 20th century, are presented. He tried to overcome the division between society and an individual, he opposed the reduction of processes to states and introduced the term “figuration”. Figurations underline the relational and processual character of social reality. An important part of his sociology is the theory of the civilizing process which using a historical perspectives tries to explain social changes. The aim of this article is to recall Elias’ sociology and to show its importance to contemporary trends in sociology. A starting point is the release of a Polish translation of one of his first book titled What is Sociology?