Abram de Swaan

Abram de Swaan (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.

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)
 * The Killing Compartments (2015)

Awards

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