Norbert Elias

Norbert Elias (born June 22, 1897 in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland); died August 1, 1990 in Amsterdam) was a German sociologist whose work focused on the relationship between power, behavior, emotion, and knowledge over time. He influenced the Figurational Sociology or Process Sociology research traditions within sociology.

Published books in English (+ original title + year(s) published)

• The Civilising Process (2 vols) (Über den Prozess der Zivilisation) (vol. 1 1978, vol. 2 1982; together: 1994/ German original: 1939)
• The Established and the Outsiders (1965), see Winston Parva
• The Court Society (Die höfische Gesellschaft) (1983/ German: 1969)
• What is Sociology? (Was ist Soziologie?) (1978/ German: 1970)
• Scientific Establishments and Hierarchies (ed. with others) (1982)
• The Loneliness of the Dying (Über die Einsamkeit der Sterbenden in unseren Tagen) (1985/ German: 1982)
• Involvement and Detachment (Engagement und Distanzierung) (1987/ German: 1983)
• Time: An Essay (Über die Zeit) (1992/ German: 1984)
• Quest for Excitement (with E. Dunning) (1986)
• Humana Conditio: Observations on the Development of Mankind Forty Years after the End of Second World War (Humana Conditio: Beobachtungen zur Entwicklung der Menschheit am 40. Jahrestag eines Kriegsendes) (not available in English/ German: 1985)
• The Society of Individuals (Die Gesellschaft der Individuen) (1991/1987)
• Fate of People (Los der Menschen) (poetry; not available in English/ German: 1987)
• The Germans (Studien über die Deutschen) (1996/ German: 1989)
• The Symbol Theory (1991)
• Reflections on a Life (Über sich selbst) (1994/ German: 1990)
• Mozart: Portrait of a Genius (Mozart: zur Soziologie eines Genies) (1993/ German: 1991)
• The Norbert Elias Reader. A Biographical Selection (ed. J.Goudsblom/S.Mennell) (1998)
• On Civilization, Power, and Knowledge. Selected Writings (ed. and with an introduction by S.Mennell/J. Goudsblom) (1998)
• Watteaus Pilgrimage to the Island of Love (Watteaus Pilgerfahrt zur Insel der Liebe) (not available in English/ German: 1998)

This list is only rudimentary. A complete list of ALL works by Norbert Elias, in ALL languages, published and unpublished, as well as many full text items and abstracts can be found at the website HyperElias@WorldCatalogue

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