Full Description
Vol. 18 of the Collected Works, besides including the consolidated index to the Collected Works as a whole, contains two substantial supplements: a long and important critique on Freud written in the last weeks of Elias' life, not previously published in English; and an essay, not previously published in any language, on the anthropologist-philosopher Lucien Levy-Bruhl and the problem of 'the logical unity of humankind'. Both essays fill important gaps in Elias' work, and deal with common criticisms of his thought.
Contents
Norbert Elias, 1897-1990; The Collected Works: Note on editorial policy.; SUPPLEMENTS, TWO UNPUBLISHED ESSAYS BY ELIAS: Introduction; Elias, Freud and Levy-Bruhl; 'Freud's concept of society and beyond it', edited by Marc Joly; 'Lucien Levy-Bruhl and "the question of the logical unity of humankind'", edited by Katie Liston and Stephen Mennell; Bibliography.; CONSOLIDATED INDEX TO THE COLLECTED WORKS compiled by Stephen Mennell and Barbara Mennell.
