One has to give minority groups a kind of reward, an emotional reward, that it is worthwhile assimilating to this particular majority group. And if t…

- Norbert Elias

I would like to remind you that both assimilation and integration apply to the working classes in the nineteenth century, at least in Britain and als…

- Norbert Elias

I think that one not only has to make demands on the established group, but one also has to make demands on the outsider group. One has to make clear…

- Norbert Elias

When Benjamin Disraeli spoke of the 'two nations' in Britain he was perfectly right, only the working classes were not exactly a nation. But the gap …

- Norbert Elias

The number of those who have to be assimilated to the majority is not too high. It remains small compared with the numbers of the majority. But there…

- Norbert Elias

The heart of assimilation process of absorbing minorities lies in the self-image of a nation. There are, as you will know, big differences for instan…

- Norbert Elias

Debating the concept of race does not mean that I in any way regard this as a quarrel between neighbors over where they come from. I have perhaps sai…

- Norbert Elias

Of course you can more easily recognise the outsiders because they have a different skin color. But let us take for instance the relationship between…

- Norbert Elias

The integration in Germany was made easier by the fact that I am probably of the third generation. So I have undergone a process of assimilation, of …

- Norbert Elias