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(2018) Excitement processes, Dordrecht, Springer.
The aim of this chapter is twofold: first, to relate the analysis of duelling in the "Boxing and Duelling" (BD) manuscript with other Elias's works where duelling is discussed; and second, to expand Elias's analysis on the specific development of duelling and fencing in the French case. Combat activities performed by ruling classes in civil society (not warfare) constitute a good candidate for comparisons on different national patterns of civilizing processes. Analysis of the development of such combat activities provides a privileged window to observe links between processes of state formation, monopoly of violence and changes in the militaristic ethos of the ruling classes.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-14912-3_11
Full citation:
Sánchez García, R. (2018)., Revisiting duelling and fencing in the sociology of Norbert Elias, in J. Haut, P. Dolan, D. Reicher & R. Sánchez García (eds.), Excitement processes, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 255-273.
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