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
- 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)
- 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, Oxford: Blackwell, 1985 (in English).
- La soledad de los moribundos, trans. Carlos Martin, México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1987; 2nd edition, 1989 (in Spanish).
- Collected works
- Gesammelte Schriften [Collected works], 18 vols., Dublin: UCD Press, 2006-2014.
