Lever, J. and Powell, R.S. orcid.org/0000-0002-8869-8954 (2017) Problems of involvement and detachment: Norbert Elias and the investigation of contemporary social processes. Human Figurations, 6 (2).
Abstract
In this paper, we seek to move beyond dominant interpretations of Elias by drawing attention to an increasing body of work in the fields of social and public policy. We engage with debates about secondary forms of involvement to facilitate an appreciation of how this as yet undocumented tranche of empirical work can lead to greater understanding of the negative effects of state/elite policies in the current period. We conclude that by adopting a position of ‘detached involvement’ figurational sociologists can generate reality-congruent knowledge that allows them to make concrete statements about contemporary social processes.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author(s). Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported license (CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0). |
Keywords: | Contemporary social processes; involvement–detachment; policy; politics; sociology of knowledge |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Urban Studies & Planning (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2018 15:55 |
Last Modified: | 22 Aug 2020 12:21 |
Published Version: | http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.11217607.0006.209 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Michigan Publishing |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:126672 |
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