Norbert Elias in the Weimar political university context
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Norbert Elias, Trajectory, University, Politics, WeimarAbstract
The available biographies on Norbert Elias have echoed the autobiographical narratives of the sociologist, who has voluntarily bracketed almost all the political contexts explaining the misfortunes of his academic destiny. The aim of this article will be not only to re-politicize the figure of Norbert Elias in relation to the "apolitical", even "anti-political" discourse he sustained at the end of his life by reiterating "detachment" as the asceticism necessary to achieve a correct sociological perspective, but above all to shed light on the political-academic contexts in which he was immersed and which most affected him in several of his choices. I will articulate my considerations in terms of the three main German university cities in which Elias lived or worked, and I will also make reference to Paris, the frustrated hope that motivated the great leap to the English-speaking world.
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