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What is Sociology? presents in concise and provocative form the major ideas of a seminal thinker whose work--spanning more than four decades--is only now gaining the recognition here it has long had in Germany and France. Unlike other post-war sociologists, Norbert Elias has always held the concept of historical development among his central concerns; his dynamic theories of the evolution of modern man have remedied the historical and epistemological shortcomings of structualism and ethno-method
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Norbert Elias
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Published
- 1978
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231045513
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Science, Sociology, Social Sciences
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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