by Norbert Elias · Fayard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782213596556
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«Du temps» is the sociology and philosophy essay by Norbert Elias, published by Fayard in paperback (223 pages, in French).
The essay argues that time is neither an objective fact nor an a priori structure of the mind, but a social symbol resulting from a long learning process. Elias examines how societies created reference units to measure time, why they needed them, and how that temporal awareness became second nature.
A work of interest to readers of social theory and the history of ideas, particularly those studying the evolution of the notion of time.
Norbert Elias was a German sociologist who later became a British citizen. He is especially famous for his theory of civilizing/decivilizing processes.
