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It is common for sociologists to study societies from what may be called the ‘fly in amber’ perspective: as if time has stopped dead. Yet both the fly and the amber have their own history. We tend to forget that absolutely everything in our world is part of something bigger, a small fraction of something else, or is an element in a process on its way to becoming something entirely different. It is particularly evident in my study of nakedness, which shows that, unless we look at the history of the development of feelings, habits and attitudes towards naked bodies, we shall not be able to understand the true character of all the taboos and polarised views associated with it.
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Górnicka, B. (2016). Conclusion. In: Nakedness, Shame, and Embarrassment. Figurationen. Schriften zur Zivilisations- und Prozesstheorie, vol 12. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-15984-9_8
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