The American Civilizing ProcessJohn Wiley & Sons, 2013/04/24 - 400 ページ Since 9/11, the American government has presumed to speak and act in the name of ‘civilization’. But isthat how the rest of the world sees it? And if not, why not? Stephen Mennell leads up to such contemporary questions through a careful study of the whole span of American development, from the first settlers to the American Empire. He takes a novel approach, analysing the USA’s experience in the light of Norbert Elias’s theory of civilizing (and decivilizing) processes. Drawing comparisons between the USA and other countries of the world, the topics discussed include:
Mennell shows how the long-term experience of Americans has been of growing more and more powerful in relation to their neighbours. This has had all-pervasive effects on the way they see themselves, their perception of the rest of the world, and how the rest of the world sees them. Mennell’s compelling and provocative account will appeal to anyone concerned about America's role in the world today, including students and scholars of American politics and society. |
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... central ambivalence: the armed forces Conclusion The Curse of the American Dream Equality and inequality in America The American welfare state Social mobility in America Conclusion: Upwards identification, not mutual identification ...
... central theory' (Quilley and Loyal, 2005) even though it is by no means familiar to all social scientists, especially in the United States. Although I refer to many other sociologists, historians and political scientists, this book is ...
... central concern was with changes in what he called Habitus.8 Elias defined habitus as 'second nature' — it refers to that level of habits of thinking, feeling and behaving which are in fact learned from early childhood onwards, but ...
... central to this study of the USA, such as in the use of violence and in ways of expressing superiority and inferiority. Priests had for centuries drawn up Latin compendia of precepts of Christian behaviour, but the manners books studied ...
... central to Elias's conception of a civilizing process. What were the social and psychological processes that led to these changes? They were not driven wholly by rational consideration of, for example, hygiene — changes in standards of ...