Vol. 3 No. 5 (2013)
Eliasian Themes

Norbert Elias's Networks in the British Intellectual Field before His Appointment in Leicester (1945-54)

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  • Marc Joly
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/cambio-19292

Published 2016-10-17

Keywords

  • Norbert Elias,
  • Leicester,
  • Biography

How to Cite

Joly, M. (2016). Norbert Elias’s Networks in the British Intellectual Field before His Appointment in Leicester (1945-54). Cambio. Rivista Sulle Trasformazioni Sociali, 3(5), 123–128. https://doi.org/10.13128/cambio-19292
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Abstract

An examination of Norbert Elias as “classical sociologist” or “one of the world’s leading social thinkers” means thinking about three elements of his academic path: 1) the time he needed to get his first academic post in Britain; 2)the constitution of a long-term and extended group of followers in Leicester; 3) the delay in translating his main works in English. This paper will concentrate on the first point, intending to identify the academic and para-academic webs Norbert Elias relied on to gain support for his many applications to posts as Staff Tutor and Lecturer before he was appointed in Leicester in 1954.

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