9780631196808

The Civilizing Process

Format: Hardcover

ISBN13: 9780631196808

Hardcover|9780631196808


Overview

The Civilizing Process stands out as Norbert Elias' greatest work, tracing the 'civilizing' of manners and personality in Western Europe since the Middle Ages, and showing how this was related to the formation of states and the monopolization of power within them. It comprises the two volumes originally published in English as The History of Manners and State Formation and Civilization, now, in a single volume, the book is restored to its original format and made available world-wide to a new generation of readers.In this new edition, the original text is extensively revised, corrected, and updated. The Revised Edition reveals anew and afresh the greatness of Elias' masterpiece.

ISBN-13

9780631196808

ISBN-10

0631196803

Format

Hardcover

Pages

viii, 376 pages

Publisher

Blackwell Publishers

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