Un-Civilizing Processes? : Excess and Transgression in German Society and Culture: Perspectives Debating with Norbert Elias (German Monitor)

Explores moments of excess and transgression, moments when the very boundaries of 'civilization' are both constructed and challenged. This book includes contributions on topics such as medieval laughter, cursing and swearing, and aspects of violence which highlight the complexity of interrelations between the individual imagination and creativity.