The Process of Civilization -- Changes in the Secular Upper Class Behavior in Western Countries

Author: (German) Elias Wang Pei-li
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Publish Date: 1998-04-01
Features: The structure and central idea of this book gradually formed through a continuous process of observing, verifying, and revising previous perspectives with new observations. Only by viewing the book as a whole can one better understand each part, its structure, and methodology. The book also studies the social origins of the "state." The fundamental purpose of the research is to trace its historical formation, which is a matter of "power monopoly."