On the Process of Civilisation: Collected Works of Norbert Elias

Recognized as one of the most important works of sociology in the last century, On the Process of Civilisation has been influential and widely discussed across the whole range of the humanities and social sciences. This sumptuous new edition includes color plates of all the 13 drawings from Das Mittelaterliche Hausbuch to which Elias refers in his famous discussion of 'Scenes from the life of a knight.' Edited by Stephen Mennell, Eric Dunning, Johan Goudsblom, and Richard Kilminster.