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

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References

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

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External links

"Sprachkritik", Nazism, and the German Conscience: the Career of Dolf Sternberger Dolf-Sternberger-Gesellschaft e.V.

Dolf Sternberger

20th-century German philosophers

1907 births

1989 deaths

German political scientists

Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Academic staff of Heidelberg University

German male writers

Hessischer Rundfunk people

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung people

German magazine founders

20th-century political scientists

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