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Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf, KBE, (born May 1, 1929) is a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and politician. Image File history File links Dahrendorf. ...
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He was born in Hamburg, the son of Lina and the late Gustav Dahrendorf, a social democrat member of the German Parliament. He studied philosophy, classical philology and sociology at Hamburg University between 1947 and 1952, became a doctor of philosophy and classics (Dr. phil.) in 1952. He continued his academic research at London School of Economics as a Leverhulme Research Scholar in 1953-54, gaining a PhD in 1956. He was a professor of sociology in Hamburg (1957-60), Tübingen (1960-64) and Konstanz (1966-69). Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ...
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Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ...
Social interactions and their consequences are the subject of sociology. ...
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Tübingen, Neckar front Tübingen, a traditional university town of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is situated 20 miles southwest of Stuttgart, on a ridge between the River Neckar and the Ammer. ...
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From 1969 to 1970 he was a member of the German parliament for the Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) (the German liberals), and a Parliamentary Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1970 he became a Commissioner in the European Commission in Brussels. From 1974 to 1984 he was director of the London School of Economics, when he returned to Germany to become Professor of Social Science, Konstanz University (1984-86). The Bundestag (Federal Diet) is the parliament of Germany. ...
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In politics, the term liberal refers to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism or a state or quality of this ideology. ...
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The London School of Economics and Political Science, often referred to as the London School of Economics or simply the LSE, is a specialist university, located on Houghton Street in Central London, off the Aldwych and next to the Royal Courts of Justice. ...
Konstanz in 1925 seen from the lake Schnetztor, a section of the former city wall Another gate from city wall Shops in Konstanz The Konzilgebäude in Konstanz Konstanz (in English formerly known as Constance) is a university town of around 80,000 inhabitants at the western end of Lake...
He settled in the United Kingdom in 1986, becoming a Governor of the London School of Economics, and also from 1987 to 1997 Warden of St Antony's College at Oxford University. St Antonys College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ...
The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...
Having adopted British citizenship in 1988, in 1993 he was granted a life peerage and was created Baron Dahrendorf of Clare Market in the City of Westminster by Queen Elizabeth II. He sits in the House of Lords as a cross-bencher. British nationality law is the law of the United Kingdom concerning British citizenship and other categories of British nationality. ...
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His famous book Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society (1959) argued that Marx defined class too narrowly and in a historically-specific context. Instead of describing the fundamental differences of class in terms of property, Dahrendorf claimed that power was at the root of differences in class. Thus, society could be split up into "order takers" and "order givers". Marx redirects here. ...
Social class refers to the hierarchical distinctions between individuals or groups in societies or cultures. ...
// Use of the term In common usage, property means ones own thing and refers to the relationship between individuals and the objects which they see as being their own to dispense with as they see fit. ...
In politics, authority (Latin auctoritas, used in Roman law as opposed to potestas and imperium) is often used interchangeably with the term power. However, their meanings differ. ...
See also
Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ...
This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are strongly associated with the liberal tradition and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy. ...
The Dahrendorf Hypothesis is the name given to an hypothesis by the British political scientist Baron Dahrendorf, which states that diversity is desirable in economic policies across time and space according to local needs. ...
Works available in English
Works available in German - Über Grenzen: Lebenserinnerungen, C.H. Beck Verlag, 2002, Munich (ISBN 3-406-49338-6)
- Der moderne soziale Konflikt: Essay zur Politik der Freiheit, dtv wissenschaft, 1994, Munich (ISBN 3-423-04628-7)
External links - Ralf Dahrendorf's syndicated op/ed column
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