Norbert Elias and Violence

1. Introduction
Tatiana Savoia Landini, François Dépelteau

Part I. An Introduction to Elias’s Views on Violence

2. War, Hope and Fear: Writings on Violence at the End of a Long Life
Tatiana Savoia Landini

3. Figurational Analysis of Michael Haneke’s Time of the Wolf

İrem Özgören Kınlı

Part II. Strengths and Limits

4. Violence and Civilité: The Ambivalences of the State
Florence Delmotte, Christophe Majastre

5. Elias’s Civilizing Process and Janus-Faced Modernity
François Dépelteau

6. Civilisation and Violence at the Periphery of Capitalism: Notes for Rethinking the Brazilian Civilizing Process
Juliano Souza, Wanderley Marchi

7. Self-Inflicted Wound: On the Paradoxical Dimensions of American Violence
Kyle W. Letteney

Part III. Post-Conflict Processes and Democracy

8. Norbert Elias and State Building After Violent Conflict
Gëzim Visoka

9. The Figurational Approach and Commemorating Violence in Central and Eastern Europe
Marta Bucholc

10. Parliamentary Form of Government, Habitus and Violence: The Case of Iran (1906–1925)
Behrouz Alikhani

Keywords: Social Sciences, Historical Sociology, Cultural Theory, Sociological Theory