The Established and the Outsiders (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803979499)

This new edition of this classic text from one of the major figures of world sociology includes an introduction published in English for the first time. In Norbert Elias′s hands, a local community study of tense relations between an established group and outsiders becomes a microcosm that illuminates a wide range of sociological configurations including racial, ethnic, class and gender relations.

The Established and the Outsiders examines the mechanisms of stigmatization, taboo and gossip, monopolization of power, collective fantasy and we′ and they′ images which support and reinforce divisions in society. Developing aspects of Elias′s thinking that relate his work to current sociological concerns, it presents the

Author: Norbert Elias, John L. Scotson
ISBN-10: 0803979495
ISBN-13: 9780803979499
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Language: English
Published: 01/24/1995
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.53d