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Genealogy of Manners
Jorge Arditi
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Paperback. Arditi's study offers a history of mores from the High Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. Drawing on the ideas of Elias, Foucault and Bourdieu, as well as through analysing courtesy manuals and etiquette books of the times, he examines the relationship between power and social practices and traces how power changes over the centuries. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFCX; JH; WJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Jorge Arditi's study offers a history of mores from the High Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. Drawing on the pioneering ideas of Norbert Elias, Michel Foucault, and Pierre Bourdieu, the text examines the relationship between power and social practices and traces how power changes over time. Analyzing courtesy manuals and etiquette books from the 13th to the 18th century, Arditi shows how the dominant classes of a society were able to create a system of social relations and put it into operation. The result was an infrastructure in which these classes could successfully exert power. He explores how the ecclesiastical ... Read more
Jorge Arditi's study offers a history of mores from the High Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. Drawing on the pioneering ideas of Norbert Elias, Michel Foucault, and Pierre Bourdieu, the text examines the relationship between power and social practices and traces how power changes over time. Analyzing courtesy manuals and etiquette books from the 13th to the 18th century, Arditi shows how the dominant classes of a society were able to create a system of social relations and put it into operation. The result was an infrastructure in which these classes could successfully exert power. He explores how the ecclesiastical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226025841
SKU
V9780226025841
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