Ecology, ‘human nature’ and civilizing processes: Biology and sociology in the work of norbert elias

The Sociology of Norbert Elias

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 42-58

  Quilley, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511488832.003     Document Type: Chapter

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