Norbert Elias: "Ketika Benjamin Disraeli berbicara tentang 'dua ne...

"Ketika Benjamin Disraeli berbicara tentang 'dua negara' di Inggris, dia benar, hanya kelas pekerja yang bukan negara. Tetapi kesenjangan dalam standar perilaku dan pandangan, dan tentu saja dalam standar hidup, sangat besar. Dan dalam perjalanan waktu, setidaknya di negara-negara seperti Inggris, kelas pekerja sedikit banyak diadopsi dan telah menjadi berasimilasi dengan standar yang disebut kelas 'lembut'. Itu adalah asimilasi. Kelas pekerja hampir tidak mampu memerintah, tetapi mereka bukan lagi orang luar dalam kaitannya dengan negara seperti sebelumnya."

--- Norbert Elias

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

When Benjamin Disraeli spoke of the 'two nations' in Britain he was perfectly right, only the working classes were not exactly a nation. But the gap in behavioral standards and in outlook, and of course in standards of living, were enormous. And in course of time, at least in countries such as Britain, the working classes more or less adopted and have become assimilated to the standards of the so-called 'gentle' classes. That is assimilation.The working class has hardly been able to govern, but they are no longer outsiders in relation to the state as they were before.