The civilizing process : sociogenetic and psychogenetic investigations : ed. by Eric Dunning, Johan Goudsblom, and Stephen Mennell

\*\*This is a copy of other 'The Civilizing Process.pdf', except that the postscript had been replaced with text (the scan/OCR was bad)\*\* 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. This work traces the "civilizing" of manners in Western Europe since the Middle Ages, and shows how this was related to the formation of states and the monopolization of power within them. Originally published as two volumes: "The History of Manners" and "State Formation and Civilization." Redegørelse or de normer, der er gældende i den vestlige civiliserede verden siden middelalderen og disse normers betydning for statsdannelser og magtcentre