Stephen Mennell

Comment expliquer les paradoxes – vus d'Europe, du moins – d'un pays où coexistent une civilité cordiale et l'application de la peine de mort, l'excellence scientifique et la pratique religieuse instituée (In God We Trust), un pays où l'usage de la... Lire la suite

La nourriture, la cuisine et le goût constituent des signes importants du développement historique et culturel de la France et de l'Angleterre. On découvre comment la cuisine subit des révolutions dramatiques.

Since 9/11, the American government has presumed to speak and act in the name of ‘civilization’. But isthat how the rest of the world sees it? And if not, why not? Stephen Mennell leads up to such contemporary questions through a careful study of... Lire la suite

This text explores four major features of human society in their ecological and historical context: the origins of priests and organised religion; the rise of military men in an agrarian society; economic expansion and growth; and civilising and... Lire la suite

In 1962 Norbert Elias was invited as a temporary professor at the University of Ghana in Legon, Accra. He taught, employed fieldwork, travelled, and met many people in postcolonial Africa. When Elias left Ghana in 1964, he had laid the basic... Lire la suite