by Norbert Elias · Dom Quixote · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722014014
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«Envolvimento e distanciamento» is the sociological essay by Norbert Elias, published by Dom Quixote in paperback (236 pages, in Portuguese).
Norbert Elias analyzes the tension between the researcher's emotional involvement and the objective distance necessary for scientific knowledge. Through several essays, he shows the evolution of human thought from magical explanations to more rational forms of observation, key to understanding social and natural reality.
The full title includes the subtitle 'estudos sobre sociologia do conhecimento'. The work was published in 1997.
Recommended for readers of sociology, philosophy of knowledge and social theory.
Norbert Elias was a German sociologist who later became a British citizen. He is especially famous for his theory of civilizing/decivilizing processes.
