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Timeline of Bad Habits

Timeline of Bad Habits

Delve into our Timeline of Bad Habits to discover how habits have shifted over time. Then join the debate on OpenLearn.

Habits reveal a lot about society and how it´s ordered. In his classic work The Civilizing Process, Norbert Elias traced connections between the formation of the modern state and a long process of civilisation over 500 years of Western European history.

This process involved the taming of some of our ancestors´ more colourful habits to allow people separated by custom and territory to enter into relationships with one another without the danger of causing grievous insult.

Keywords:
habits, norms, culture, interactive, history
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Material Type:
Presentation
Date Added to MERLOT:
October 13, 2013
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 2, 2017
Author:
Mark Banks, The Open University  
Submitter:
michael miller
Primary Audience:
High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
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Language:
English
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