SOCIOLOGIST

Amitai Etzioni

1929 - 2023

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Amitai Etzioni (; Hebrew: אמיתי עציוני; né Werner Falk; 4 January 1929 – 31 May 2023) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amitai Etzioni is the 41st most popular sociologist (down from 37th in 2019), the 2,810th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,356th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Amitai Etzioni ranks 41 out of 79. Before him are Robert E. Park, W. I. Thomas, Andre Gunder Frank, Herbert Blumer, Howard S. Becker, and Charles Tilly. After him are Shmuel Eisenstadt, T. H. Marshall, Edwin Sutherland, Mark Granovetter, Marcel Granet, and David Riesman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Amitai Etzioni ranks 196. Before him are Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, Leila Abashidze, Elio Petri, Jürgen Ehlers, Charles Tilly, and Rafael Eitan. After him are Gastone Moschin, Claude Goretta, Kjell Askildsen, Duje Bonačić, Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, and Fernando Sebastián Aguilar. Among people deceased in 2023, Amitai Etzioni ranks 169. Before him are Ken Block, Vera Krepkina, Josep Maria Fusté, Craig Brown, Richard Roundtree, and Martin Walser. After him are Julian Sands, Andrés García, George Pell, Dmitry Utkin, Sherif Ismail, and Irenaios.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Amitai Etzioni ranks 2,811 out of 7,253. Before him are Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1568), Paul Julius Möbius (1853), Flavia Julia Constantia (290), Hans Riegel (1923), Otto Weddigen (1882), and Susan Blakely (1948). After him are Gerd Faltings (1954), Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1871), Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886), Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676), Maximilian Henry of Bavaria (1621), and Johann Kremer (1883).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among sociologists born in Germany, Amitai Etzioni ranks 8. Before him are Theodor W. Adorno (1903), Georg Simmel (1858), Niklas Luhmann (1927), Robert Michels (1876), Juan José Linz (1926), and Andre Gunder Frank (1929). After him are Lewis A. Coser (1913), Claus Offe (1940), and Louis Wirth (1897).

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