{"product_id":"the-germans-9780745620091","title":"The Germans","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorbert Elias is one of the most important thinkers of our time.   This is Elias's last great work, and it displays all the breadth, brilliance and originality of his other major writings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Invariably illuminating.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Once in a while a book emerges which far surpasses in scope and scale and depth even the best of our worthy scholarship ... this last collection of Norbert Elias's could not be more timely. This is a civil book. To read it civilises. One might recommend it to the survivors of Mrs Thatcher's seminar.\" \u003ci\u003ePolitical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"His academic approach is both fascinating and challenging and his book must be rated as an extremely valuable contribution to the debate about German political traditions.\" \u003ci\u003eGerman Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This study is particularly brilliant, even for the great Elias. Here he returns to the shame analysis that he began in \u003ci\u003eThe Civilizing Process,\u003c\/i\u003e clarifying great swaths of German and European cultural history. A must for your reading list.\" \u003ci\u003eThomas J. Scheff, University of California, Santa Barbara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Undoubtedly, this is one of the most original sociological minds ever, and \u003ci\u003eThe Germans\u003c\/i\u003e is his magnum opus. One might expect a great book, and a great book this is.\" \u003ci\u003eZygmunt Bauman, University of Leeds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface by Eric Dunning and Stephen Mennell. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Civilization and Informalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. A Digression on Nationalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Civilization and Violence: On the State Monopoly of Physical Violence and its Transgression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Breakdown of Civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Thoughts on the Federal Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditorial Postscript by Michael Schröter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48736486588759,"sku":"9780745620091","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745620091.jpg?v=1723810674","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-germans-9780745620091","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}