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.
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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)
- Human Societies: An Introduction (2013)
- The Killing Compartments (2015)
Awards
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