Amitai Etzioni
Amitai Etzioni · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Founder of communitarian thought and socio-economics
1929, Cologne, Germany — 2023, Washington, D.C., United States
Germany · Israel · United States
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Etzioni was a sociologist widely regarded as the founder of the modern communitarian movement and of socio-economics, emphasising the balance between individual rights and social responsibilities. Born Werner Falk into a Jewish family in Germany, he fled the Nazis, grew up in Mandatory Palestine and later became a leading public intellectual in the United States. He advised policymakers and founded the Communitarian Network.
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Founder of communitarian thought and socio-economics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Sociology
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