Department of Sociology

People: Professor Eric Dunning

Emeritus Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology University of Leicester University Road Leicester LE1 7RH UK Room: Attenborough 301 Tel: +44 (0)116 223 1436 (direct line) Fax: +44 (0)116 223 1072 Email: ed15@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

My interests are primarily threefold and inter-related:

• sociological theory, especially the functional sociology and theory of civilizing processes of Norbert Elias and its place within the wider field of classical and modern sociology;
• the sociology of sport and leisure;
• problems of violence and civilization, especially sports-related violence, including football hooliganism, and the use of Elias's theory in understanding the Holocaust and genocide more generally. I am currently writing books on Elias, the development of soccer, and the Holocaust and civilization.

Representative Publications

• 'Sport Matters: Sociological Studies of Sport, Violence and Civilization', London, Routledge, 1999
• 'Fighting Fans: Football Hooliganism as a World Phenomenon', Dublin Unviersity College, Dublin Press, 2002 (ed with Patrick Murphy, Ivan Waddington and Antonios Astrinakis)
• 'Norbert Elias: Sage Masters of Modern Social Thought', 4 vols, London, Sage, 2003, (ed with Stephen Mennell)
• 'Sport: Critical Concepts in Sociology', 4 vols, London, Routledge, 2003 (ed with Dominic Malcolm)