Norbert Elias

This essay has, since it was first published in 1956, been regarded as a classic statement on sociological method. Here it is combined with two other of the author's essays. His study represents a departure from traditional sociological and philosophical theories of knowledge. It explores how people orient themselves …

"Mozart's need for love had grown uncertain of itself in early childhood. His feeling of being unloved found constant confirmation in his changing experiences over the years, and the intensity of his unsatisfied desire to be loved, detectable as a dominant wish throughout his life, very largely determined what had …

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Sociogenese drejer sig om menneskets psykiske udvikling i sammenhæng med den samfundsmæssige udvikling. Emnet har været behandlet af den tyske sociolog Norbert Elias i Über den Prozess der Zivilisation fra 1939.