INVOLVEMENT AND DETACHMENT by Norbert Elias, Stephen Quilley (Editor) ( 9781904558422 )

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Title:

INVOLVEMENT AND DETACHMENT

By:

Norbert Elias, Stephen Quilley (Editor)

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN PRESS

Pub. date:

23 February, 2007

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Series:

Collected Works of Norbert Elias v. 8

Pages:

274

Description:

Presents an exposition of the author's sociological theory of the growth of knowledge and the sciences as an aspect of overall human social development.

Synopsis:

"Involvement and Detachment" is much more than a discussion of 'objectivity' in the social sciences. It is Elias' major exposition of his sociological theory of the growth of knowledge and the sciences as an aspect of overall human social development. The essay 'The fishermen in the maelstrom' takes its title from a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, and is used to illustrate how fears have to be overcome in order for 'reality-adequate' knowledge - necessary to tackle the dangers from which the fears arise - to accumulate. Discussions of rising dangers in international relations show how far the theory of civilising process is from being a model of unilinear 'progress'. Two fragments on 'The great evolution' discuss the long-term development of the various levels of scientific knowledge - physical, biological and social. Originally written in English, it includes various passages omitted from the previous edition.

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2 colour plates

Publication:

Ireland

Imprint:

University College Dublin Press

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