@article{ref1,
title="The importance of survival units for Norbert Elias's figurational perspective",
journal="Sociological review, The",
year="2008",
author="Kaspersen, Lars Bo and Gabriel, Norman",
volume="56",
number="3",
pages="370-387",
abstract="In this paper, we argue that Norbert Elias's concept of survival unit is a distinctive part of the development of his figurational sociology and one of the most consistent contributions to relational thinking. The survival unit is a particular form of figuration which provides security and the material foundations for life such as food and shelter. Every human being is born into a survival unit. This unit is a relational concept which cannot be conceived outside a relationship with other survival units.<p />",
language="",
issn="0038-0261",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-954X.2008.00795.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2008.00795.x"
}