Law and Decivilisation (Panel discussant)
(2021) Law and Society Association Annual Meeting — Location: Chicago (virtual) (26.May.2021)
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- Session outline: Following the sociologist Norbert Elias, we define civilization as a long-term process of lengthening chains of interdependence binding people in figurations of positions characterized by ever-shifting power relations. Elias’s analysis demonstrated the connection between the decreasing interpersonal violence, the rise of modern states, and the increase in the strength of psychological self-constraints. The process of civilization was to Elias a conspicuous yet reversible trend in human history. The significance of Elias’s theory for understanding the foundations of legal norms, culture, and institutions remains overlooked in law and society scholarship. Our session is designed to fill in this gap. We will focus on the ways in which law depends on particular configurations of civilization and decivilization. (Chair: Robert van Krieken)
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Delmotte, F. (2021). Law and Decivilisation (Panel discussant). Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Chicago (virtual). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/166642