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Die Aufgabe dieser Arbeit bildet eine vergleichende Diskussion der Arbeiten von Norbert Elias und Max Weber unter dem Gesichtspunkt einer Theorie dessen, was Elias den "Prozess der Zivilisation" und Weber "die zunehmende Intellektualisierung und Rationalisierung" (GA WL: 594) genannt' hat. In diesen Vergleich habe ich auch die Theorie Max Horkheimers und Theodor W. Adornos uber die "Dialektik der Aufklarung" einbezogen - unter anderem deswegen, weil manche Thesen und Probleme der beiden anderen Autoren scharfer ins Licht treten, wenn man sie dieser gegenuberstellt. Wahrend im Mittelpunkt...

In 1984, the celebrated sociologist and historian Norbert Elias convened a major conference on ‘Civilisations and civilising processes’ at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (University of Bielefeld). Participants included the most distinguished and influential scholars in historical sociology and world history. This book will make available, for the first time in one place, the papers presented by the speakers and, even more interestingly, the transcripts of discussions at the symposium. This conference brought together eminent and internationally reputed scholars of macro-history...

There is a need (and considerable scope) for further mutual adjustment and refinement of theoretical concepts, substantive empirical discoveries, and research techniques. This volume offers a contribution to such efforts by leading practitioners of qualitative research with backgrounds in diverse disciplines. Their research focuses on the perspectives and biographical experiences of concrete "historical" actors within the contexts of migration, cultural diversity, and social conflicts.