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 especially famous for his theory of civilizing (and decivilizing) processes.
Literature
- Books
- Symboltheorie, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2001 (Gesammelte Schriften, vol. 13)
- The Symbol Theory, edited by Richard Kilminster, Dublin: UCD Press, 2011 (in English).
- Teoría del símbolo. Un ensayo de antropología cultural, edited by Richard Kilminster, trans. José Manuel Álvarez Flórez, Bracelona: Ediciones Península, 1994 (in Spanish).
- Was ist Soziologie? München: Juventa, 1970.
- What is Sociology?, London: Hutchinson, 1978.
- Collected works
- Gesammelte Schriften [Collected works], 18 vols., Dublin: UCD Press, 2006-2014.
