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	SocioSite: JOHAN GOUDSBLOM - Twenty years of Figurational Sociology in the Netherlands
		Another cluster of publications bearing the traces of a strong exposure to the perspective of figurational sociology is formed by a number of dissertations in sociology written under the supervision of De Swaan and myself at the University of Amsterdam.
		Within sociology, however, it is being aided by the currently reviving interest in such fields as comparative historical sociology and the sociology of culture, and by the emergence of new research areas such as the sociology of emotions.
		Figurational sociology, or process sociology, in the Netherlands is a continually expanding field, in terms of both the number of studies carried out and the range of subjects covered by these studies.
	www.sociosite.net /topics/goudsblom_20years.php (5129 words)

	Figurational Sociology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Figurational sociology is a research tradition in which figurations of humans - evolving networks of interdependent humans - are the unit of investigation.
		Just as linguists rely on etymology to gain a rich understanding of a word's function, figurational sociologists attempt to look at the process of a social feature's emergence and evolution to gain a fuller understanding of its function in the present.
		Practitioners may be said to be inspired by the ideal that the usual humanities barrier between micro (eg psychological) and macro (eg state organization) is removed, and their causal links opened to examination.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Figurational_Sociology (237 words)

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	Norbert Elias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His great book, which marked his emergence as a major figure in sociology, was the republication in paperback of The Civilizing Process (Über den Prozess der Zivilisation, published in 1939 but virtually ignored, republished in the 1960s when it was also translated into English).
		The Centre for the sociology of sport at the University of Leicester, England is host to a number of important sociologists who work on the Elias and Dunning tradition.
		Elias was born on June 22, 1897 in Breslau in Silesia to Hermann and Sophie Elias.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norbert_Elias (705 words)

	physics - Figurational Sociology
		Figurational sociology is a research tradition in which figurations of humans - evolving networks of interdependent humans - are the unit of investigation.
		Just as linguists rely on etymology to gain a rich understanding of a word's function, figurational sociologists attempt to look at the process of a social feature's emergence and evolution to gain a fuller understanding of its function in the present.
		Practitioners may be said to be inspired by the ideal that the usual humanities barrier between micro (eg psychological) and macro (eg state organization) is removed, and their causal links opened to examination.
	www.physicsdaily.com /physics/Figurational_Sociology (226 words)

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		But then, was it not always the case, as sociology as an academic discipline came late, other disciplines had already appropriated or at least touched on sociology's area of interest.
		According to Rojek in Capitalism and Leisure Theory (1985) the principal features of the figurational approach include the notion that the figuration is an "irreducable social unit", that is figurations "comprise multiple social networks and interdepedence which both constrain and enable the activities of individuals and groups".
		Figurations are the study of 'interaction and interdependencies'.
	lemming.mahost.org /library/food.txt (1567 words)

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		Other examples of figurations could be tourism, where the figurations could include the people taking the trip, the media or advertising agencies, family influences, community expectations, accommodation providers, local authorities, national and international regulators, to name just a few.
		Dunning (1996) himself maintained that the figurational approach was never intended as the final word on the sociology of leisure, but merely a contribution to overcoming some of the problems with existing theories.
		Horne J and Jary D (1987) ‘The figurational sociology of sport and leisure of Elias and Dunning: an exposition and a critique’ in Horne J, Jary D and Tomlinson A (eds) Sport, Leisure and Social Relations London, Routledge.
	www.arasite.org /guestlw1.html (2475 words)

	Sociology in TutorGig Encyclopedia
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	www.tutorgig.com /es/Sociology (834 words)

	Figurational Sociology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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		Environmental sociology, sociology of cyberspace, risk perception and communication, sociology of biotechnology, blood safety, nuclear safety.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Figurational_Sociology.html (187 words)

	Encyclopedia: Norbert Elias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies.
		In psychology and common use, emotion is an aspect of a persons mental state of being, normally based in or tied to the persons internal (physical) and external (social) sensory feeling.
		The internalized "self-restraint" imposed by increasingly complex networks of social connections developed the "psychological" self-perceptions that Freud recognized as the "super-ego." The second volume of The Civilizing Process looked into the causes of these processes and found them in the increasingly centralized Early Modern state and the increasingly differentiated and interconnected web of society.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Norbert-Elias (1429 words)

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		Contending that sociology lacks an adequate conceptualization of the museum/society relationship, it is suggested that the museum is an agency of classification and a relationship of cultural interdependence, and that museums have an internal relationship to modernization.
		Nel,-Berndine-F. Attempts to apply the figuration sociology approach of Norbert Elias to the context of South Africa, with focus on the frontier or border wars of the eastern cape during the period roughly between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries.
		Figurational sociology is a research tradition influenced by Norbert Elias, especially his theories of civilizing processes, established-outsider relations, and the growth of relatively more detached scientific knowledge.
	www.usyd.edu.au /su/social/elias/sociofil/soceng.html (14923 words)

	EDITOR'S NOTES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The way I would assess the situation of figurational sociology in Spain is to say: the bull is perhaps at present nothing but skin and bone, but it is becoming strong and brave enough to fight and survive in any theoretical arena.
		It also remains for figurational sociology to examine how the plethora of options, choices and uncertainties which surround contemporary relationships between bodies and self- identities impact upon such issues as the armouring of the body, affect control, and the many trials presently facing civilising processes.
		The Dutch working group "Figuratiesociologie" [Figurational Sociology], based at the SISWO Institute in Amsterdam, is planning to have four meetings on the theme "the applicability of the theoretical notions of figuration studies in everyday life".
	www.usyd.edu.au /su/social/elias/fig/issue_2.htm (6231 words)

	Dissertations: Theory Focused: Centre for Research into Sport and Society: University of Leicester
		Figurational Sociology and the development of sport in China
		Hellenic Game-Contests and the Development of the Athletic ideal: A figurational perspective.
		The Use of Hegemony and Figurational Theories in an Examination of the Relationship between Sport and Television in Modern Society
	www.le.ac.uk /crss/resources/dissertations/theorybased.html (338 words)

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		Sociology as child of modernity, examines serious aspects such as division of labour, nationalism, industry, crime, etc. Sociology as offering potential explanation (thus cure?) for social problems.
		Figurational Sociology Figurational or process sociology founded by Norbert Elias, his work continues to dominate it.
		Figurational Reading of Sport and Leisure Elias & Dunning view sport and leisure as part of the ‘spare-time spectrum’ of non-work activities: family and private work; rest; satisfying biological needs; general association; mimetic or play activities.
	www.abdn.ac.uk /sociology/documents/Wks1to12SO4014.doc (11195 words)

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		Sociology starts with the assumption that all we know about society is a social creation.
		In Sociology however one can have a dominant paradigm such as Structural Functionalism, a version of Durkheimian functionalism dominant in the West in the post-Second World War world period which owes much to the writings of the American Talcott Parsons (1902-1979), existing in parallel with other paradigms.
		Elias's notion of Figurational Sociology, or as he later came to call it Process Sociology is important.
	www.angelfire.com /id/ASP/TotalLiberty.html (9393 words)

	Review of Scambler, Graham: Sport and Society (Issues in Society)
		This may be reflective of a more general trend in which the sociology of sport has come to be seen as having greater relevance for mainstream sociology but, more pertinently for present purposes, the main consequence of this is that Sport and Society is a breath of fresh air for the sub-discipline.
		As one might expect, his take on sport and health, and in particular aspects of politics and governmentality, is innovative (to sociology of sport textbooks at least) because it is enlightened by a broader, non-sociology of sport, understanding.
		His discussion of football hooliganism, by cutting through the personal and bitter rivalries which have tended to characterize this area, concludes with a synthesis which shows there to be a greater coherence to this body of research than often appears the case.
	www.socresonline.org.uk /10/4/reviews/malcolm.html (692 words)

	Norbert Elias - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Quest for excitement, written by Norbert Elias with Eric Dunning, and published in 1996 has proved a seminal work for the sociology of sport, and of football in particular.
		Elias was born on June 22, 1897 in Breslau in Silesia to Hermann and Sophie Elias (both of them later on to be murdered at a Nazi concentration camp).
		When a Roman man wished to marry, he bargained with the bride's family on the price, and the state had nothing to say about the matter.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /norbert_elias.htm (777 words)

	figure - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about figure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He was making a sketch for the figure of a man in a violent rage.
		The child was returning to the room where they had passed the evening, when she fancied she saw a figure just gliding in at the door.
		The figure looked at the bold Baron of Grogzwig for some time, and then said familiarly,
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /figure (168 words)

	Football media in the UK...
		They base their work on the sociological philosophy of Norbert Elias, and which has come to be known as 'figurational sociology' or 'process-sociology'.
		The leading writer on figurational sociology and sport, is Eric Dunning; he is supported by a number of colleagues, notably Patrick Murphy, Ivan Waddington and Joe Maguire.
		I would argue that the figurationalists still have a hegemonic position, within the sociology of sport, and especially in the study of football.
	www.efdeportes.com /efd6/rgi2.htm (1998 words)

	Sociology sport ebooks (e-books) links US (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This book awakens the sociology of sport to the possibilities of re-imagining 'deviance' and offers an evocative approach which will appeal both to academics and students alike.
		Their first encounter with a women's studies textbook is likely to focus on the history and sociology of women's lives.
		Sports Histories draws on figurational sociology to provide a fresh approach to analysing the development of modern sport.
	sport.hopcott.net /sport/sociology.html (367 words)

	Norbert Elias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Norbert Elias (born June 22 1897 in Breslau Germany (now Wroclaw Poland); died August 1 1990 in Amsterdam) was a German sociologist whose work focused on the relationship power behavior emotion and knowledge over time.
		He influenced Figurational Sociology or Process Sociology research traditions sociology.
		Elias how post-medieval European standards applied to violence behaviour bodily functions table manners and forms speech were transformed by increasing threshholds of and repugnance working outward from a nucleus court etiquette.
	www.freeglossary.com /Norbert_Elias (774 words)

	Introduction
		[Sociology in society (Proceedings of the 20th German Sociological Convention at Bremen 1980, session on Civilizing Process and Figurational Sociology)]
		Een verkenning van het terrein van de sociologie.
		Prolegomena tot een sociologie van het sociale conflict.
	www.norberteliasfoundation.nl /FS_cont_bibl_b.htm (1106 words)

	Chester Centre For Research into Sport and Society
		Bloyce, D. Research is a Messy Process: A Case-Study of a Figurational Sociology Approach to Conventional Issues in Social Science Research Methods, The Graduate Journal of Social Science, 1, 144-66.
		Dunning, E. On problems of the emotions in sport and leisure: critical and counter-critical comments on the conventional and figurational sociologies of sport and leisure, Leisure Studies, 15, 185-208.
		Green, K. Physical education teachers in their figurations: a sociological analysis of everyday 'philosophies' in physical education, Sport, Education and Society, 6, 65-84.
	www.chester.ac.uk /ccrss/research.html (3850 words)

	Sport and Leisure in the Civilizing Process >> Palgrave.com : Title Page
		The distinctive features of the approach are clearly explained and contributors show how figurational sociology is applied in the analysis of concrete problems.
		ERIC DUNNING is Professor of Sociology at the University of Leicester.
		He previously taught sociology at the Queen's College, Glasgow, and at the College of St mark and St john in plymouth.
	www.palgrave.com /newsearch/Catalogue.aspx?is=0333512251 (232 words)

	Stephen Mennell Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		From 1990 to 1993 he was Professor of Sociology and Head of the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
		Professor of Sociology in the National University of Ireland; Head of the Department of Sociology, University College Dublin, 1993.99, 2002.
		Phenomenon of Norbert Elias.., Sociology 13 (3) 1979: 497.501.
	www.ucd.ie /sociolog/html/smennellbio.htm (4257 words)

	Michael Atkinson, Dept of Sociology, McMaster University
		Theoretically, his research explores the explanatory and descriptive potential of 'figurational sociology'.
		My research in the sociology sport involves the interrogation of certain forms of sports-related violence as potentially criminal, and deserving of closer scrutiny.
		I am presently involved in qualitative research efforts on violence in professional/amateur ice hockey in Canada (a SSHRC funded study with Dr. Kevin Young from the University of Calgary), terrorism at mega-events such as the Olympics, and animal abuse in sport settings.
	socserv.mcmaster.ca /sociology/atkinson.htm (699 words)

	Stefan's Florilegium
		However, there is no explanation within the sociologies of 'post-modernity' as to why a particular part of the palette of experience is chosen to construct a given pastiche.
		The figuration of the volunteer sector has similarities to other leisure, but is not identical.
		The figuration of the SCA is a whole, with each of the parts helping to promote the activities of the group and individuals gaining pleasure from the 'tension' created in the activity.
	www.florilegium.org /files/SCA-SOCIOLOGY/A-Study-o-SCA-art.html (13230 words)

	RH-PR Website -Index
		Figurational sociology has developed from the work of Norbert Elias and attempts sociological synthesis and synthesis of sociology, psychology and history.
		Figurational sociology emphasizes that humans form chains of interdependent relationships.
		Figurational sociologists suggest such processes, notably industrialization removed and/or altered the nature of the risk of life and increases the monotony of life, limiting opportunities for spontaneous behaviour.
	www.btinternet.com /~rhobbs/femfig.htm (946 words)

	Norbert Elias
		Norbert Elias was a European sociologist whose work focused on the relationship between power, behavior, emotion, and knowledge over time.
		He influenced the Figurational Sociology or Process Sociology research traditions within sociology.
		His great book, which marked his emergence as a major figure in sociology, was the republication in paperback of The Civilizing Process (Über den Prozess der Zivilisation, published in 1939 but virtually ignored, republished in the 1960s when it was also translated into English).
	www.sociologyprofessor.com /socialtheorists/norbertelias.php (405 words)

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