The Civilizing Process Norbert Elias

VOLUME I: CHANGES IN THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE SECULAR UPPER CLASSES IN THE WEST

PART ONE
ON THE SOCIOGENESIS OF THE CONCEPTS OF "CIVILIZATION" AND "CULTURE"

1. Sociogenesis of the Antithesis between Kultur and Zivilisation in German Usage
• Introduction
• The Development of the Antithesis between Kultur and Zivilisation
• Examples of Courtly Attitudes in Germany
• The Middle Class and the Court Nobility in Germany
• Literary Examples of the Relationship of the German Middle-Class Intelligentsia to the Court
• The Recession of the Social Element and the Advance of the National Element in the Antithesis between Kultur and Zivilisation
2. Sociogenesis of the Concept of Civilisation in France
• Introduction
• Sociogenesis of Physiocratism and the French Reform Movement

PART TWO
CIVILIZATION AS A SPECIFIC TRANSFORMATION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR

• The History of the Concept of Civilité
• On Medieval Manners
• The Problem of the Change in Behaviour during the Renaissance
• On Behaviour at Table
• Examples
• Representing upperclass behaviour in fairly pure form
• From books addressed co wider bourgeois strata
• Comments on the Quotations on Table Manners
• Group 1 : An Overview of rhe Societies co which the Texts were Addressed
  Excursus on the Rise and Decline of the Concepts of Courtoisie and Civilité
  A Review of the Curve Marking che "Civilizing" of Eating Habits
  Excursus on the Modelling of Speech at Court
  Reasons Given by People for Distinguishing between "Good" and "Bad" Behaviour
• Group 2: On che Eating of Meat
  Use of the Knife at Table
  On the Use of the Fork at Table
• Changes in Attitudes towards che Natural Functions
  Examples
  Some Remarks on the Examples and on these Changes in General
• On Blowing One's Nose
  Examples
  Comments on the Quotations on Nose-Blowing
• On Spitting
  Examples
  Comments on the Quotations on Spitting
• On Behaviour in the Bedroom
  Examples
  Comments on the Examples
• Changes in Attitudes cowards the Relations between Men and Women
• On Changes in Aggressiveness
• Scenes from the Life of a Knight

VOLUME II: STATE FORMATION AND CIVILIZATION

PART THREE FEUDALIZATION AND STATE FORMATION

• Introduction
• Survey of Courtly Society
• A Prospective Glance at the Sociogenesis of Absolutism

1. Dynamics of Feudalization
• Introduction
• Centralizing and Decentralizing Forces in the Medieval Power Figuration
• The Increase in Population after rhe Great Migration
• Some Observations on the Sociogenesis of the Crusades
• The Internal Expansion of Society: The Formation of New Social Organs and Instruments
• Some New Elements in the Structure of Medieval Society as Compared wi th Anriquity
• On the Sociogenesis of Feudalism
• On the Sociogenesis of Minnesang and Courtly Forms of Conduct
3. On the Sociogenesis of the State
• The First Srage of the Rising Monarchy: Competition and Monopolization within a Territorial Framework
• Excursus on Some Differences in the Paths of Development of England, France and Germany
• On the Monopoly Mechanism
• Early Struggles within the Framework of the Kingdom
• The Resurgence of Centrifugal Tendencies: The Figuration of the Competing Princes
• The Last Stages of the Free Competitive Struggle and Establishmenr of the Final Monopoly of the Victor
• The Power Balance within the Unit of Rule: Its Significance for the Central Authority -the Formation of the "Royal Mechanism"
• On the Sociogenesis of the Monopoly of Taxation

PART FOUR
SYNOPSIS: TOWARDS A THEORY OF CIVILIZING PROCESSES

1. he Social Constraint towards Self-Constraint
2. Spread of the Pressure for Foresight and Self-Constraint
3. Diminishing Contrasts, Increasing Varieties
4. The Courtization of the Warriors
5. The Muring of Drives: Psychologizacion and Racionalizacion
6. Shame and Repugnance
7. Increasing Conscrainrs on the Upper Class: Increasing Pressure from Below
8. Conclusion

POSTSCRIPT (1968)