Sánchez García, Raúl2024-02-022024-02-022018Sánchez García, R. (2018). Revisiting Duelling and Fencing in the Sociology of Norbert Elias. In: Haut, J., Dolan, P., Reicher, D., Sánchez García, R. (eds) Excitement Processes. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-14912-3_1197836581491169783658149123http://hdl.handle.net/11268/12626The aim of this chapter is twofold: first, to relate the analysis of duelling in the ‘Boxing and Duelling’ (BD) manuscript with other Elias’s works where duelling is discussed; and second, to expand Elias’s analysis on the specific development of duelling and fencing in the French case. Combat activities performed by ruling classes in civil society (not warfare) constitute a good candidate for comparisons on different national patterns of civilizing processes. Analysis of the development of such combat activities provides a privileged window to observe links between processes of state formation, monopoly of violence and changes in the militaristic ethos of the ruling classes.spabook part10.1007/978-3-658-14912-3_11restricted accessDeporteSociología