Dolf Sternberger

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Dolf Sternberger (far right)

Dolf Sternberger (originally Adolf Sternberger; 28 July 1907 – 27 July 1989) was a German philosopher and political scientist at the University of Heidelberg.

Biography

Dolf Sternberger was born in Wiesbaden in 1907.

He is known for his concept of citizenship in contemporary German political thought, and for coining the term "constitutional patriotism" (Verfassungspatriotismus) in 1979, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Federal Republic of Germany.[1] He died in Frankfurt/Main in 1989.

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  1. Jan-Werner Muller, Constitutional Patriotism, Princeton University Press, 2008, p. 21.

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References

  • Bernhard Vogel: Dolf Sternberger und die Politische Wissenschaft. Heidelberg 2008.

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