Violence and the Civilising Process in Cambodia

Roderic Broadhurst, Roderic Broadhurst, Thierry Bouhours, Brigitte Bouhours

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    Abstract

    In 1939, the German sociologist Norbert Elias published his groundbreaking work The Civilizing Process, which has come to be regarded as one of the most influential works of sociology today. In this insightful new study tracing the history of violence in Cambodia, the authors evaluate the extent to which Eliass theories can be applied in a non-Western context. Drawing from historical and contemporary archival sources, constabulary statistics, victim surveys, and newspaper reports, Broadhurst, Bouhours, and Bouhours chart trends and forms of violence throughout Cambodia from the mid nineteenth century to the present day. Analysing periods of colonisation, anticolonial wars, independence, civil war, the revolutionary terror of the 1970s, and postconflict development, the authors assess whether violence has decreased and whether such a decline can be attributed to Eliass civilising process, which identifies a series of universal factors that have historically reduced violence.
    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationCambridge, United Kingdom
    PublisherCambridge University Press
    Number of pages362
    Volume1
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Print)9781107109117
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

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