
"This ambitious book is a good example of the more subtle understandings of Elias." --The British Journal of Sociology of Education
"Makes valuable contributions to the sociology of education and to figurational sociology, the research tradition of Norbert Elias. The book provides a concise introduction to the oft-overlooked work of Norbert Elias and a comprehensive overview of how to apply Elias's signature concepts to the study of education, making a strong case that his ideas belong alongside the better-known contributions of Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault in the sociology of education. Along the way Lybeck also makes a compelling argument that the study of education belongs at the center of figurational sociology today." --Jacob Habinek, Linköping University, Sweden