The Civilizing Process: Sociogenetic and Psychogenetic Investigations, Revised Edition - Hardcover

Elias, Norbert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631221603 ISBN 13: 9780631221609

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2000

Synopsis

The Civilizing Process stands out as Norbert Elias′ greatest work, tracing the "civilizing" of manners and personality in Western Europe since the late Middle Ages by demonstrating how the formation of states and the monopolization of power within them changed Western society forever.

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About the Author

Norbert Elias (1897–1990) taught at the University of Frankfurt until his exile from Hitler′s Germany. In Britain, he worked at the Universities of London and Leicester, and in retirement was visiting professor in Ghana, Amsterdam, Munster, Bielefeld and many other universities. By the time of his death he was recognized as one of the outstanding social scientists of the twentieth century. His previous Blackwell books include: The Norbert Elias Reader, The Court Society, The Loneliness of the Dying, Involvement and Detachment, Time: An Essay, The Society of Individuals and, with Eric Dunning, Quest for Excitement.

From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0631221603
• ISBN 13: 9780631221609
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 592