SOSC 111 Lecture Notes - Norbert Elias, Richard Speck, Cesare Lombroso
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A history of restraint : we mold ourselves and others more deliberately today, process occurs as individuals of different social origins are thrown together. 13th century: a mean who blows his nose on the table cloth is ill bred. 1729: one of the greatest offences against civility is to blow your nose on the serviette. There are those who teach that the boy should retain wind by compressing the belly. Yet it is not pleasing if it is possible to withdraw, it should be done alone. But if not, in accordance with the ancient proverb, let a cough hide the sound (erasmus, The warrior gene: august 2006 media reports, variant of (mao)-a gene strongly associated with risk taking and aggressive behavior, strikingly over-represented in maori men, but, rod lea s research was based on a sample of 17!!! Very unscientific when making a strong claim about a population: other research shows gene variant could predict nothing about aggressive behavior.
