An Essay on Time (Collected Works Norbert Elias) (The Collected Works of Norbert Elias)

Elias's examples are characteristically framed in broad terms and yet vividly depicted in precise detail...The idea of an evolving nature governed by its own rules is in turn enhanced by the cognitive and practical mastery over time and space, diminishing the fantasy-content of myth while advancing the reality-congruence of scientific knowledge."" --Canadian Journal of Sociology