Abram de Swaan
Abram de Swaan is a Dutch essayist, sociologist and professor emeritus from the University of Amsterdam.
In 1996, he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2000.
He developed the concept of a global language system.
He received the P. C. Hooft Award in 2008.
Books in Dutch
- Amerika in termijnen
- Halverwege de Heilstaat
- Zorg en de Staat
- Perron Nederland
- Moord en de staat
- ''Tegen de vrouwen''
Books in English
- In Care of the State
- The Management of Normality
- Words of the World
- Human Societies: An Introduction
- ''The Killing Compartments''
Awards
- P. C. Hooft Award for his oeuvre