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Norbert Elias  

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  • Norbert Elias (1897–1990) was born in Breslau, Germany, in 1897. After studying medicine and philosophy at Breslau University, Elias turned his attention to the problem of long-term changes in what was assumed to be the constancy of human emotions and affects. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Theory; Elias, Norbert]

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