The Civilizing Process
Sociogenetic and Psychogenetic Investigations
by Norbert Elias
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appears in Sociology, Philosophy, and History.
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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appears in Sociology, Philosophy, and History.
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