Power & Civility (The Civilizing Process, Vol. 2)
by Norbert Elias
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"Norbert Elias analyse l'évolution de la civilisation occidentale en mettant en parallèle la logique des pulsions individuelles de chacun, et celle de la formation d'un pouvoir étatique et centralisé. Il y voit la clé du développemment politique de notre société, qu'il analyse, dans une première partie historique (du Moyen-Age à nos jours), avant de proposer la théorie de ce mouvement, qui conduit les acteurs sociaux à se monter de plus en plus rationnels au fur et show more à mesure d'une évolution qui fait de la violence un monopole de l'Etat. Conclusion de la réflexion engagée dans "La civilisation des moeurs", ce texte fondamental donne la pleine mesure du talent de Norbert Elias". [Source : 4e de couverture] show lessTags
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Smart, witty, insightful small novel, with a gentle dusting of artful post-modern hijinks - it sort of fades away at the end rather than coming to an interesting finale, but well worth reading... [Updated:] Realized, a few months later, I have literally no memory of the novel or what it was about. None. Poof.
"Why were some kings weak and others strong?... Elias widens the scope of his inquiry to examine the social, economic, and political conditions and changes in European society from the time of Charlemagne to the twentieth century."
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- Canonical title*
- Het civilisatieproces : sociogenetische en psychogenetische onderzoekingen. 2
- Original title
- Über den Prozess der Zivilisation : soziogenetische und psychogenetische Untersuchungen. Bd. 2, Wandlungen der Gesellschaft : Entwurf zu einer Theorie der Zivilisation
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- This is the second volume of Elias's 2-volume The Civilizing Process. Please do not combine this volume with the complete work (the version containing both volumes together) or with volume 1. These are each considered ... (show all)separate "works" for LibraryThing purposes.
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