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Norbert Elias

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born

June 22, 1897 in Breslau (Wrocław), Silesia, Poland

died

August 01, 1990

gender

male

website

http://www.norberteliasfoundation.nl

genre

Social Sciences

influences

Karl Mannheim

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Norbert Elias was a German-Jewish sociologist who later became a British citizen, though he is often referred to as a Dutch thinker, and made his home in Amsterdam in his latter years.

Elias's theory focused on the relationship between power, behavior, emotion, and knowledge over time. He significantly shaped what is called process or figurational sociology. Due to historical circumstances, Elias had long remained a marginal author, until being rediscovered by a new generation of scholars in the 1970s, when he eventually became one of the most influential sociologists in the history of the field.

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Books by Norbert Elias

Average rating: 4.05 · 365 ratings · 22 reviews · 45 distinct works

	The Civilizing Process by Norbert Elias, Edmund F.N. Jephcott (Translator) 4.08 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1939 — 8 editions	My rating:
	تنهاییِ دمِ مرگ by Norbert Elias, امید مهرگان (Translator), صالح نجفی (Translator) 3.87 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1982 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The History of Manners (The Civilizing Process, Vol. 1) by Norbert Elias, Edmund F.N. Jephcott (Translator), Morbert Elias 4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1939 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Mozart: Portraits of a Genius 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Established and the Outsiders by Norbert Elias, John L. Scotson 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1965 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Time: An Essay 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Germans by Norbert Elias, Michael Schroter (Editor), Stephen Mennell (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1996 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Society of Individuals 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	My rating:
	On Civilization, Power, and Knowledge: Selected Writings by Norbert Elias, Stephen Mennell (Editor), Johan Goudsblom (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Court Society 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1969 — 9 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Norbert Elias

“Death is a problem of the living. Dead people have no problems.”
― Norbert Elias

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