Abram de Swaan
Dutch essayist, sociologist and professor emeritus (born 1942)
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Abram de Swaan (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːbrɑm də ˈsʋaːn]; born 8 January 1942) is a Dutch essayist, sociologist and professor emeritus from the University of Amsterdam.
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De Swaan in 2010 | |
| Born | 8 January 1942 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
In 1996, he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1] He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2000.[2]
He developed the concept of a global language system.
He received the P. C. Hooft Award in 2008.[3]
Bibliography
Books in Dutch
- Amerika in termijnen (1968)
- Halverwege de Heilstaat (essays; 1983)
- Zorg en de Staat (1989)
- Perron Nederland (1991)
- Moord en de staat (2003)
- Tegen de vrouwen (2019)
Books in English
- In Care of the State (1988)
- The Management of Normality (1990)
- Words of the World (2001)[4]
- Human Societies: An Introduction (2013)
- The Killing Compartments (2015)
Awards
- P. C. Hooft Award (2008) for his oeuvre
