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(2013) Norbert Elias and social theory, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Past and present in sociological theory
some similarities and differences between Émile Durkheim and Norbert Elias
Enio Passiani
pp. 109-125
Posing a possible theoretical affinity between Émile Durkheim and Norbert Elias is not new. Other authors have pointed to such a relationship (Ferreira 2010; Zabludovsky 2007; Coury 2001; Lahire 2001), while not excluding differences, of course. In general, the most marked similarity noted in the sociological literature—except for Lahire's approach, which poses affinity from a different angle—has to do with processes of self-control that life in society enables individuals to develop and even demands of them.2 Taking quite different paths, both Durkheim and Elias reach very similar conclusions.3
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Passiani, E. (2013)., Past and present in sociological theory: some similarities and differences between Émile Durkheim and Norbert Elias, in F. Dépelteau & T. Savoia Landini (eds.), Norbert Elias and social theory, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 109-125.
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