期刊名称：Human Figurations: Long-term Perspectives on the Human Condition
电子版ISSN：2166-6644
出版年度：2014
卷号：3
期号：1
页码：1-2
出版社：Michigan Publishing
摘要：Whether you are a regular reader of Human Figurations, a temporary sojourner attracted by the diverse range of topics and contributors, or someone intrigued by our laudable aspiration to contribute to higher-level synthesis in social inquiry on all aspects of the human condition, this issue should be of some interest to you.It sustains the spirit of scientific inquiry espoused so distinctly by Norbert Elias during his lifetime while its wide-ranging contents are a timely precursor (of sorts) of the launch later this year of the Collected Works of Norbert Elias at the University of Leicester.There the totality of his life’s work, as a person and human being, and as a sociologist will be celebrated.An academic conference at the same venue (scheduled for 20-22 June 2014) will also mark an opportunity to assess further the potential for the future development of high-level synthesis in social inquiry, this being one of the landmarks of Elias’ distinctive approach to the study of humans and the societies in which they live.
