Norbert Elias
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Norbert Elias (22 June 1897 – 1 August 1990) was a German sociologist of Jewish descent, who later became a British citizen. He is known especially for his theory of civilizing (and decivilizing) processes.
Literature[edit]
Books by Elias[edit]
- Symboltheorie, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2001. (Gesammelte Schriften, vol. 13)
- The Symbol Theory, ed. Richard Kilminster, Dublin: UCD Press, 2011. (English)
- Teoría del símbolo. Un ensayo de antropología cultural, trans. José Manuel Álvarez Flórez, ed. Richard Kilminster, Barcelona: Península, 1994. (Spanish)
- Teoria simbólica, trans. Paulo Valverde, Oeiras: Celta Editora, 1994. (Portuguese)
- Die höfische Gesellschaft. Untersuchungen zur Soziologie des Königtums und der höfischen Aristokratie, Neuwied/Berlin: Hermann Luchterhand Verlag, 1969.
- La sociedad cortesana, México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1982, 1996. (Spanish)
- The Court Society, trans. Edmund Jephcott, Oxford: Blackwell, 1983. (English)
- Was ist Soziologie? Munich: Juventa, 1970.
- What is Sociology?, London: Hutchinson, 1978. (English)
- Introdução à Sociologia. Espaço da sociologia, trans. Maria Luísa Ribeiro Ferreira, Portugal, Lisboa: Edições 70, 1980. (Portuguese)
- Über die Einsamkeit der Sterbenden in unseren Tagen, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1982
- The Loneliness of the Dying, trans. Edmund Jephcott, Oxford: Blackwell, 1985; Continuum, 1985; 2001. (English)
- La soledad de los moribundos, trans. Carlos Martin, México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1987; 2nd edition, 1989. (Spanish)
- Engagement und Distanzierung. Arbeiten zur Wissenssoziologie I, edited by Michael Schröter, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1983
- Involvement and Detachment. Contributions to the Sociology of Knowledge, Oxford: Blackwell, 1983, 1987. (English)
- Envolvimento e Alienação, trans. Alvaro de Sá, Rio de Janeiro: Bertrand Brasil, 1998. (Portuguese)
- with Eric Dunning, Quest for Excitement. Sport and Leisure in the Civilizing Process, Oxford: Blackwell, 1986. (English)
- Deporte y ocio en el proceso de la civilización, México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1992. (Spanish)
- Los der Menschen. Gedichte, Nachdichtungen, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1987
- La sociedad de los individuos: ensayos, trans. José Antonio Alemany, Barcelona: Ediciones Península, 1990. (Spanish)
- Watteaus Pilgerfahrt zur Insel der Liebe, Weitra (Austria): Bibliothek der Provinz, 1998; Insel Verlag, Leipzig: Frankfurt am Main, 2000.
- A peregrinação de Watteau à Ilha do Amor, Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar Editor, 2004, 2005. (Portuguese)
Collected works[edit]
- Gesammelte Schriften [Collected works], 18 vols., Dublin: UCD Press, 2006-2014. (German)
- Federico NEIBURG & Leopoldo WAIZBORT (eds.), Escritos & ensaios, vol. 1: Estado, processo, opinião pública, Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar, 2006. (in Portughese) [1]
Books on Elias[edit]
- Johan Goudsblom and Stephen Mennel (eds.), The Norbert Elias reader, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 1998.
- Stephen Mennell, Norbert Elias: an introduction, Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 1998. (English)
- Hermann Korte, Biographische Skizzen zu Norbert Elias, Springer VS, 2013. (German)
