Norbert Elias and Violence

François Dépelteau is Professor of Sociology at Laurentian University, Canada. He is a specialist in sociological theory and relational sociology, and has published many books and articles in journals such as Sociological Theory and The International Review of Sociology. Tatiana Savoia Landini is Associate Professor at Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil. She is a specialist in the figurational and processual sociology of Norbert Elias and on the topic of sexual violence against children and adolescents.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. War, Hope, and Fear. – 3. Writings on Violence at the End of a Long Life.- 3. Figurational Analysis of Michael Haneke’s Time of the Wolf.- 4. Violence and Civilité: The Ambivalences of the State.- 5. Elias’ Civilizing Process and the Janus-faced of Modernity.- 6. Civilisation and Violence at the Periphery of Capitalism: Notes for Rethinking the Brazilian Civilizing Process.- 7. Self-Inflicted Wound: On the Paradoxical Dimensions of American Violence.- 8. Norbert Elias and State-building after Violent Conflict.- 9. Figurational Approach and Commemorating Violence in Central and Eastern Europe.- 10. Parliamentary Form of Government, Habitus, and Violence: The Case of Iran (1906-1925).