num_pages: 592
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Civilizing Process
titlecomplete: The Civilizing Process
genres: Sociology, History, Anthropology, Society, Politics, Philosophy, Academic, Cultural, Social Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 886
publisher: Blackwell Publishing