Norbert Elias

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

Books by Elias

• Symboltheorie, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2001. (Gesammelte Schriften, vol. 13)
  • The Symbol Theory, ed. Richard Kilminster, Dublin: UCD Press, 2011. (in English)
  • Teoría del símbolo. Un ensayo de antropología cultural, trans. José Manuel Álvarez Flórez, ed. Richard Kilminster, Barcelona: Península, 1994. (in Spanish)
  • Teoria simbólica, trans. Paulo Valverde, Oeiras: Celta Editora, 1994. (in 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. (in Spanish)
  • The Court Society, trans. Edmund Jephcott, Oxford: Blackwell, 1983. (in English)
• Was ist Soziologie? Munich: Juventa, 1970.
  • What is Sociology?, London: Hutchinson, 1978.
• 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. (in English)
  • La soledad de los moribundos, trans. Carlos Martin, México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1987; 2nd edition, 1989. (in 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. (in English)
  • Envolvimento e Alienação, trans. Alvaro de Sá, Rio de Janeiro: Bertrand Brasil, 1998. (in Portuguese)

Collected works

• Gesammelte Schriften [Collected works], 18 vols., Dublin: UCD Press, 2006-2014. (in 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

• Stephen Mennell, Norbert Elias: an introduction, Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 1998

Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Elias