Eric Dunning Explained
| Eric Dunning |
| Birth Date: | 27 December 1936 |
| Birth Place: | London |
| Death Place: | Leicester |
| Workplaces: | University of Leicester |
| Alma Mater: | University of Leicester |
| Main Interests: | Sociology |
| Awards: | DLitt honoris causa 2013 |
| Website: | Profile page |
Eric Dunning (27 December 1936 – 10 February 2019[1]) was a British sociologist who was Emeritus Professor of sociology at the University of Leicester.
Career
Eric Dunning was a pioneer in the sociology of sport and the founder, with Patrick Murphy and John Williams, of the Sir Norman Chester Centre for Football Research. He was the author of a number of books and articles on sport and the figurational sociology of Norbert Elias. Although officially retired, Dunning remained an Emeritus Professor of the University of Leicester as well as a visiting professor at the Chester Centre for Research into Sport and Society. Dunning was also a member of the editorial board of the Jornal de Ciências do Exercicio e Esporte, Paraná Federal University, Brazil.[2]
Dunning had edited and co-authored numerous books in the sociology of sport. In 1999 he published his first sole-authored book, Sport Matters.[3] In October 2000, he co-edited the comprehensive Handbook of Sports Studies with Jay Coakley.[4] His book about Norbert Elias, Norbert Elias and Modern Sociology is based partly on Dunning's personal experience working with Elias for more than three decades. The book, co-authored with Jason Hughes, was published in 2012.[5]
Dunning's supervised PhD students were Joseph Maguire, Dominic Malcolm, Martin Roderick, Yair Galily, Chris Pitts & Andy Smith.
Research interests
- 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 such as football hooliganism
- the use of Elias's theory in understanding the Holocaust and genocide more generally.
Representative Publications
- Book: Dunning . Eric . Murphy . Patrick . Williams . John . The roots of football hooliganism: an historical and sociological study . Routledge & Kegan Paul . London New York . 1988 . 9780415036771 .
- Book: Dunning, Eric . Sport matters: sociological studies of sport, violence, and civilization . Routledge . London New York . 1999 . 9780415093781 .
- Book: Dunning . Eric . Coakley . Jay . Handbook of sports studies . SAGE . London . 2000 . 9780761949497 .
- Book: Dunning . Eric . Murphy . Patrick . Waddington . Ivan . Astrinakis . Antonios . Fighting fans: football hooliganism as a world phenomenon . University College Dublin Press . Dublin . 2002 . 9781900621748 .
- Book: Dunning . Eric . Mennell . Stephen J. . Norbert Elias . SAGE . London Thousand Oaks, California . Masters in Modern Social Thought . 2003 . 9780761974574 .
- Book: Dunning . Eric . Dominic . Malcolm . Sport: critical concepts in sociology . Routledge . London New York . 2003 . 9780415262927 .
- Book: Dunning . Eric . Hughes . Jason . Jason Hughes (sociologist) . Norbert Elias and modern sociology knowledge, interdependence, power, process . Bloomsbury Academic . London . 2012 . 9781780932255 .
Notes and References
- Web site: Norbert Elias : Death of Eric Dunning . en-US . 2019-02-21.
- http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/sociology/people/edunning Dunning's faculty page
- Book: Dunning, Eric . Sport matters: sociological studies of sport, violence, and civilization . Routledge . London New York . 1999 . 9780415093781 .
- Book: Dunning . Eric . Coakley . Jay . Handbook of sports studies . SAGE . London . 2000 . 9780761949497 .
- Book: Dunning . Eric . Hughes . Jason . Jason Hughes (sociologist) . Norbert Elias and modern sociology knowledge, interdependence, power, process . Bloomsbury Academic . London . 2012 . 9781780932255 .
