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Amitai Etzioni

German-Israeli immigrant to the United States, sociologist and political theorist of communitarianism · Israel · Academics · Lived 1929 to 2023 · aged 94

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Amitai Etzioni was an Israeli-American sociologist, best known for his work on socioeconomics and communitarianism. He founded the Communitarian Network, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to supporting the moral, social, and political foundations of society.

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Awards

Meister Eckhart Prize2009
Guggenheim Fellowship1968

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Amitai Etzioni was an Israeli-American sociologist, best known for his work on socioeconomics and communitarianism. He founded the Communitarian Network, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to supporting the moral, social, and political foundations of society. He established the network to disseminate the movement's ideas. His writings argue for a carefully crafted balance between individual rights and social responsibilities, and between autonomy and order, in social structure. In 2001, he was named among the top 100 American intellectuals, as measured by academic citations, in Richard Posner's book, Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline.

Country
Israel
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2023 · aged 94

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