Four Interviews with Norbert Elias

Abstract

An interview in Bloomington, Indiana’ (1982) Interview with Gregor Hahn. First published in West European Center Newsletter, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN.

‘We still haven’t learnt to control nature and ourselves enough’ (1984) Interview with Aafke Steenhuis. First published in De Groene Amsterdammer, 16 May 1984. Translated from the Dutch by Robert van Krieken.

‘We should not let ourselves be misled’ (1987) Interview with Martin-Jochen Schulz. First published as ‘Mandarf sich nicht Ire machen lassen’: ein Gespräch mit neunzigjährigen Norbert Elias’, Frankfurter Rundschau, 22 June 1987. Translated from the German by Edmund Jephcott.

‘In reality, we are all late barbarians’ (1989) Interview with Helmut Hetzel. First published as ‘Norbert Elias: im Grunde sind wir alle späte Barbaren’, Die Welt, 11 December 1989. Translated from the German by Edmund Jephcott.