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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 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
Books in English
In
Care of
the State
Words of
the World
The Killing
Compartments
Awards
P. C. Hooft Award for his oeuvre