Dutch essayist, sociologist and professor emeritus

Abram de Swaan (Dutch pronunciation: ; born 8 January 1942) 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.

Contents

• 1 Bibliography
  • 1.1 Books in Dutch
  • 1.2 Books in English
• 2 Awards
• 3 References
• 4 External links

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)

Books in English

• In Care of the State (1988)
• Words of the World (2001)
• The Killing Compartments (2015)

Awards

• P. C. Hooft Award (2008) for his oeuvre

References

External links

• Media related to Abram de Swaan at Wikimedia Commons