Editing Norbert Elias (section)

{{Short description|German British sociologist}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| image       = NElias.jpg
| caption     = Elias in 1933
| name        = Norbert Elias
| birth_date  = 22 June 1897
| birth_place = [[Wrocław|Breslau]], [[Silesia Province]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], [[German Empire]]<br />(now [[Wrocław]], [[Poland]])
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1990|08|01|1897|06|22|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
| alma_mater  = {{ubl | [[Heidelberg University ]]}}
| field       = [[Sociology]]
| known_for   = [[Figurational sociology]], theory of [[The Civilizing Process|civilizing/decivilizing processes]], [[Habitus (sociology)|habitus]]
}}

'''Norbert Elias''' ({{IPA|de|ˈnɔʁbɛʁt ʔeˈliːas|lang}}; 22 June 1897 &ndash; 1 August 1990) was a [[History of the Jews in Germany|Jewish German]] [[sociology|sociologist]] who later became a British citizen. He is especially famous for his theory of civilizing/decivilizing processes.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gestel|first=Joannes Van|title=Norbert Elias and the Analysis of History and Sport: Systematizing Figurational Sociology|publisher=Routledge|year=2018|isbn=978-1-351-21265-6|location=Oxon|language=en}}</ref>