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Ralf Dahrendorf

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German-British sociologist, politician (1929-2009)

United KingdomAcademicsLived 1929 to 2009 · aged 80
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Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf, was a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and liberal politician. A class conflict theorist, Dahrendorf was a leading expert on explaining and analysing class divisions in modern society.

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2009Schader Award
2007Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences
2002Walter Hallstein Prize
1999Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
1998Goethe Medal
1997Theodor Heuss Award
1994Reinhold Maier Medal
1994honorary doctor of Paris Descartes University
1993Toynbee Prize
1989Sigmund Freud Prize
1989Nevitt Sanford Award for Outstanding Professional Contributions to Political Psychology
1981honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
1974honorary doctorate
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
honorary doctor of the University of Warsaw
honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Grand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
Princess of Asturias Awards
Fellow of the British Academy

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Jean-Claude JunckerAlso won Walter Hallstein PrizeHans-Dietrich GenscherAlso won Reinhold Maier MedalErnst BlochAlso won Sigmund Freud PrizePrincess Lilian, Duchess of HallandAlso won Grand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of AustriaArthur M. SchlesingerAlso won Toynbee PrizeJacques SanterAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

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Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf, was a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and liberal politician. A class conflict theorist, Dahrendorf was a leading expert on explaining and analysing class divisions in modern society. Dahrendorf wrote multiple articles and books, his most notable being Class and Conflict in Industrial Society (1959) and Essays in the Theory of Society (1968).

Country
United Kingdom
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Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2009 · aged 80
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30 languages

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