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title	:	The Symbol Theory Theory, Culture & Society
author	:	Elias, Norbert.; Kilminster, Richard.
publisher	:	Sage Publications, Inc.
isbn10 | asin	:	0803984197
print isbn13	:	9780803984196
ebook isbn13	:	9780585351766
language	:	English
subject	Signs and symbols, Semantics (Philosophy) , Evolution.
publication date	:	1991
lcc	:	BF458.E45 1991eb
ddc	:	302.222
subject	:	Signs and symbols, Semantics (Philosophy) , Evolution.

Page i The Symbol Theory

Page ii Theory, Culture & Society Theory, Culture & Society caters for the resurgence of interest in culture within contemporary social science and the humanities. Building on the heritage of classical social theory, the book series examines ways in which this tradition has been reshaped by a new generation of theorists. It will also publish theoretically informed analyses of everyday life, popular culture, and new intellectual movements. EDITOR: Mike Featherstone, Teesside Polytechnic EDITORIAL BOARD Roy Boyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Polytechnic Mike Hepworth, University of Aberdeen Scott Lash, University of Lancaster Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh Bryan S. Turner, University of Essex Also in this series The Body Social Process and Cultural Theory edited by Mike Featherstone, Mike Hepworth and Bryan S. Turner Consumer Culture and Postmodernism Mike Featherstone Talcott Parsons Theorist of Modernity edited by Roland Robertson and Bryan S. Turner Religion and Social Theory Second edition Bryan S. Turner Images of Postmodern Society Social Theory and Contemporary Cinema Norman K. Denzin Promotional Culture Advertising, Ideology and Symbolic Expression Andrew Wernick

Page iii The Symbol Theory Norbert Elias edited with an introduction by Richard Kilminster

Page iv Norbert Elias 1989, 1991 Editorial introduction Richard Kilminster 1991 This edition first published 1991 Reprinted 1992, 1995 'The Symbol Theory: An Introduction' originally appeared in three parts in Theory, Culture & Society, 6 (2, 3 and 4) (1989), pp. 169 217, 339 383 and 499 537 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the Publishers. SAGE Publications Ltd 6 Bonhill Street London EC2A 4PU SAGE Publications Ltd 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd 32, M-Block Market Greater Kailash I New Delhi 110 048 Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society, Department of Administrative and Social Studies, Teesside Polytechnic British Library Cataloguing in Publication data Elias, Norbert The symbol theory. I. Title 301.01 ISBN 0-8039-8418-9 ISBN 0-8039-8419-7 pbk Library of Congress catalog card number 90-62092 Typeset by Photoprint, Torquay Printed in Great Britain by Redwood Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire

Page v Contents Editor's Introduction Richard Kilminster vii Introduction 1 Section I 17 Section II 36 Section III 49 Section IV 54 Section V 65 Section VI 82 Section VII 109 Section VIII 122 Section IX 128 Notes 147

Page vii Editor's Introduction Richard Kilminster Un problme convenablement pos est bien prs d'tre rsolu. (Andr Marie Ampre, quoted in Bravo 1979: 204) The Symbol Theory turned out to be the last extended work to be completed for publication by Norbert Elias during his lifetime. He died on 1 August 1990 in Amsterdam, at the age of 93. This book reproduces as one text, but otherwise unchanged, his wide-ranging study 'The Symbol Theory: An Introduction', which originally appeared in three instalments in successive issues of

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