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Dahrendorf, Lord Ralf Gustav was born on May 1, 1929 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Gustav and Lina (Witt) Dahrendorf.
(This is the first history of the LSE, one of the most fam...)
This is the first history of the LSE, one of the most famous academic institutions in the world. Ralf Dahrendorf, a former Director of the School, provides a comprehensive account of its first century, enlivened by his own personal insights. The story of the individuals who played a role in the LSE's history is interwoven with the development of the social sciences in the twentieth century and an assessment of the LSE's world-wide links and influence.
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( The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 effectively ended t...)
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 effectively ended the division of Europe into East and West, and the features of our world that have resulted bear little resemblance to those of the forty years that preceded the Wall's fall. The rise of a new Europe prompts many questions, most of which remain to be answered. What does it all mean? Where is it going to lead? Are we witnessing the conclusion of an era without seeing anything to replace an old and admittedly dismal way of life? What will a market economy do to the social texture of various countries of Central Europe? Will it not make some rich while many will become poorer than ever? How can the rule of law be brought about? In this incisive and lucid book, Ralf Dahrendorf, one of Europe's most distinguished scholars, ponders these and other equally vexing questions. He regards what has happened in East Central Europe as a victory for neither of the social systems that once opposed each other across the Iron Curtain. Rather, he views these events as a vote for an open society over a closed society. The continuing conundrum, he argues, which will plague peoples everywhere, will be how to balance the need for economic growth with the desire for social justice while building authentic and enduring democratic institutions. Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, which includes a new introduction from the author, is a humane, skeptical, and anti-utopian work, a manifesto for a radical liberalism in which the social entitlements of citizenship are as important a condition of progress as the opportunities for choice. A fascinating study of change and geopolitics in the modern world, Reflections points the way towards a new politics for the twenty-first century. Ralf Dahrendorf, born in Hamburg, Germany in 1929, is a member of Britain's House of Lords. He was professor of sociology at Hamburg, T³bingen and Konstanz from 1957 to 1968, and in 1974 moved to Britain. He has been the director of the London School of Economics, warden of St. Antony's College, and pro vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. He is the author of numerous books, including The Modern Social Conflict and After 1989: Morals, Revolution and Civil Society.
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( Revolutions are melancholy moments in history—brief gas...)
Revolutions are melancholy moments in history—brief gasps of hope that emerges from misery and disillusionment. This is true for great revolutions, like 1789 in France or 1917 in Russia, but applies to lesser political upheavals as well. Conflict builds into a state of tense confrontation, like a powder keg. When a spark is thrown, an explosion takes place and the old edifice begins to crumble. People are caught up in an initial mood of elation, but it does not last. Normality catches up. Why do revolutions occur? In this completely revised edition of The Modern Social Conflict, Ralf Dahrendorf explores the basis and substance of social and class conflict. Ultimately, he finds that conflicts are about enhancing life chances; that is, they concern the options people have within a framework of social linkages, the ties that bind a society, which Dahrendorf calls ligatures. The book offers a concise and accessible account of conflict’s contribution to democracies, and how democracies must change if they are to retain their political and social freedom. This new edition takes conflict theory past the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and into the present day. Upon publication of the original 1988 edition, Stanley Hoffmann stated, “Ralf Dahrendorf is one of the most original and experienced social and political writers of our time. . . . this book is both a survey of social and political conflict in Western societies from the eighteenth century to the present and a tract for a new ‘radical liberalism.’” And Saul Friedländer wrote, “Ralf Dahrendorf has written a compelling book . . . the brilliant contribution of a convinced liberal to the study of conflict within contemporary democratic society.”
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(8°. 156 S., 2 Bl. (= Krupp-Vorlesungen zu Politik und Ges...)
8°. 156 S., 2 Bl. (= Krupp-Vorlesungen zu Politik und Geschichte am Kulturwissenschaftlichen Institut im Wissenschaftszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen; 3). Orig.-Pappband mit Orig.-Schutzumschlag.
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(In this study, the author provides a survey of German soc...)
In this study, the author provides a survey of German society in terms of the structure of the different social strata and political institutions, and of the history of democracy in Germany. He unites two themes in an analysis of the central political problem in recent German history - why the liberal democracy as a political principle and system failed until recent times to gain a permanent foothold in the country. The overall result is a book which provides both a detailed analysis of 20th-century Germany society, and offers an original contribution to the theory of democracy.
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( The Modern Social Conflict offers a concise, authoritat...)
The Modern Social Conflict offers a concise, authoritative, and accessible account of where the Western democracies stand today, how they got there, and where they must go if they are to retain their political and social freedom. Part history, part social analysis, part deeply committed prescription, this "essay on the Politics of Liberty" is a timely and important contribution to our understanding of the modern world by one of the most noted social and political thinkers of our day.
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Dahrendorf, Lord Ralf Gustav was born on May 1, 1929 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Gustav and Lina (Witt) Dahrendorf.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Hamburg, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, London School of Economics, 1954. 26 honorary degrees from various universities.
Privatdozent sociology University Saar, Federal Republic Germany, 1957. Fellow Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, California, 1957-1958. Professor sociology University Hamburg, 1958-1960, University Tubingen, 1960-1966.
Professor University Constance, 1966-1969, dean faculty social science, 1966-1967. Member Federal Parliament Government of Federal Republic Germany, 1969-1970. Parliamentary secretary of state in German Foreign Office, 1969-1970.
Member Commission of the European Communities, 1970-1974. Director London School of Economics, 1974-1984. Warden St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1987-1997.
Member House of Lords, London, 1993—2009, chairman delegated powers select committee, 2002—2006. Research professor Social Science Center, Berlin, 2005—2009. Trustee Ford Foundation, 1976-1987.
Member Council of British Academy, 1980-1983, House of Lords, 1993-2009. Chairman board Friedrich-Naumann Stiftung, 1982-1987, Delegated Powers Select committee, 2002-2006.
( The Modern Social Conflict offers a concise, authoritat...)
( The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 effectively ended t...)
(In this study, the author provides a survey of German soc...)
( Revolutions are melancholy moments in history—brief gas...)
(This is the first history of the LSE, one of the most fam...)
(8°. 156 S., 2 Bl. (= Krupp-Vorlesungen zu Politik und Ges...)
Member Hansard Society of Electoral Reform, 1975-1976. Member Royal Commission on Legal Services, 1976-1979. Member Committee to Review the Functioning of Finance Institutions, 1977-1980.
Member German Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Center, since 1971. Fellow Anglo German Society (presidium), British Academy, Royal Society Arts, Royal College Surgeons (honorary). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (honorary), National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate), American Philosophical Society, Royal Irish Academy (honorary), others.
Married Christiane Klebs, April, 2004.