Norbert Elias on civilization, power, and knowledge : selected writings / edited and with an introdu...
Norbert Elias on civilization, power, and knowledge : selected writings / edited and with an introdu...
Norbert Elias on civilization, power, and knowledge : selected writings / edited and with an introduction by Stephen Mennell and Johan Goudsblom.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1998.
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N301.01/80
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English
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ix, 302 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
I. Civilization. 1. The Social Constraint towards Self-Constraint. 2. Diminishing Contrasts, Increasing Varieties. 3. The Development of the Concept of Civilite. 4. The Changing Functions of Etiquette. 5. Mozart: The Artist in the Human Being. 6. The Loneliness of the Dying -- II. Power. 7. Game Mod...
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1998.
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Illinois
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
Nobert Elias (1897-1990) is among the great sociologists of the twentieth century. This volume is a carefully chosen collection of Elias's most important writings and includes many of his most brilliant ideas. The development of Elias's thinking during the course of his long career is traced along with a discussion of how his work relates to other...
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Norbert Elias on civilization, power, and knowledge : selected writings / edited and with an introduction by Stephen Mennell and Johan Goudsblom.
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On civilization, power, and knowledge.
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The heritage of sociology.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-298) and index.
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c1998.
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N301.01/80
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0226204316 (alk. paper)
9780226204321 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226204324 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226204314 (alk. paper)
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301.01
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991001415839702626
