The Sociology of Norbert Elias 2004
DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511488832.015
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Christian religion and the European civilizing process: the views of Norbert Elias and Max Weber compared in the context of the Augustinian and Lucretian traditions

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“…This absence of any sustained discussion of religious institutions in any part of Elias’s work is remarkable and provides an important contrast with the sociological theory of Max Weber. This is even more significant given that many of Elias’s writings can be seen as an ongoing discussion with Weber, even when he is not mentioned by name (Goudsblom, 2004). Weber’s central interest remained the economy and the problem of the specificity of modern western capitalism.…”
Section: Religionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This absence of any sustained discussion of religious institutions in any part of Elias’s work is remarkable and provides an important contrast with the sociological theory of Max Weber. This is even more significant given that many of Elias’s writings can be seen as an ongoing discussion with Weber, even when he is not mentioned by name (Goudsblom, 2004). Weber’s central interest remained the economy and the problem of the specificity of modern western capitalism.…”
Section: Religionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…En términos globales, coincido en el diagnóstico de que la propuesta presentada por Elias es parcial y sólo en esa medida alcanza a explicar la riqueza y los matices albergados en la historia de las costumbres, la cortesía o las buenas maneras. Se podrían indicar algunas de las líneas de desarrollo, que, por razones de espacio, no pueden ser tratadas en este trabajo, tales como: la vertiente moral que vertebra muchas de las iniciales y más ejemplares contribuciones a la cortesía (Courtin, 1708;Erasmo de Rotterdam, 1985;Chartier, 1993), la importancia de conceptualizar todas estas reglas de conducta como instrumento adecuado y facilitador de la participación social (Gracián, 1968;Della Casa, 1994;Laspalas, 2003); o la crucial influencia de las órdenes religiosas en la transmisión de estas pautas de comportamiento, que diversos comentadores han puesto de manifiesto recientemente (Goudsblom, 2004;Turner, 2004). En cualquier caso, la parcialidad de una argumentación como la de Elias, encaminada a mostrar un ejemplo de «impulso civilizador» dentro de su teoría más global de los procesos de civilización, no debe rechazarse por los elementos que no contempla en sus análisis, sino motivar una ampliación de su perspectiva contando con lo que ésta tiene de válido.…”
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“…This dedication was not an attempt to achieve salvation. Because of their belief in predestination, no amount of faith or good works or sacred rituals could make an individual one of the elect, but the correct lifestyle could be seen as evidence that one already was: “they are the technical means, not of purchasing salvation, but of getting rid of the fear of damnation” (Weber, 2005:69; see also Campbell, 2006; Goudsblom, 2003; Novak, 2005). Anxiety was transformed into behaviors that led to business expansion.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To prove himself worthy of the state of grace he forced himself to live a life of “systematic self‐control” (1958:115). (Goudsblom, 2003:28)…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%