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Norbert Elias (1897-1990) is now recognized as one of the most profound sociological thinkers of the twentieth century, but he gained international recognition only towards the end of his very long life. This volume, organized chronologically, shows how Elias's thought developed over time - from a focus on the development of society in Western Europe to an even more encompassing view of human history as a whole. In so doing, it makes available for the first time selections from the whole range of his oeuvre, showing both the development and the underlying consistency of his work, from his doctoral thesis in Philosophy at Breslau in 1922 through his years in Heidelberg and Frankfurt and his magnum opus The Civilizing Process to the publication of The Germans which was published posthumously in English in 1996. （from Amazon）

诺伯特 埃利亚斯被认为是20世纪最渊博的社会学思想家之一，但直到他漫长生命的最后阶段才得到世界的认同。本著作按年代编辑，展示了诺利亚斯从对西欧社会发展的关注到对整个人类历史的宏观视角的思想发展过程。它不仅展现了埃利亚斯作品的一致性和发展过程，还收集了从1922年他在布雷斯劳大学的哲学博士论文到他在海德堡和法兰克福的主要作品如此，成为我们理解埃利亚斯的全部著作的首选材料。有关这位尊敬的德国人的思想的现代化演进的这部作品的英文版在1996年他死后出版。