Ralf Dahrendorf (1929-2009), was the author of numerous acclaimed books and a European Commissioner from Germany, member of the British House of Lords, Director of the London School of Economics, and Warden of St. Antony's College, Oxford.
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Ralf Dahrendorf
Commentaries by Ralf Dahrendorf
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Women on Top?
What will G-8 summit meetings be like when American President Hillary Clinton and French President Ségolène Royal join German Chancellor Ang…
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The End of Secularism?
When the end of ideology was celebrated – first in the 1950’s and then, more emphatically still, in the 1990’s – no one foresaw that religio…
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Today’s Counter-Enlightenment
Not long ago, one might have concluded that, at least in Europe, there were no taboos left. A process that had begun with the Enlightenment …
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9/11 and the New Authoritarianism
Five years after the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, “9/11” is no longer a mere date. It has entered …
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Parties and Populists
This is not a good time for political parties, especially those with traditional orientations. Gone are the times in the older democracies w…
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Elections Without Winners
When football matches – at least those that must produce a winner – end in a draw, a penalty shoot-out must resolve the matter, as this Worl…
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Universities: Renaissance or Decay?
“Europe’s universities, taken as a group, are failing to provide the intellectual and creative energy that is required to improve the contin…
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Twilight of Our Political Gods
For some time I thought that the Twenty-Second Amendment to the United States Constitution was probably the best way to ensure that politica…
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The Nation State Revisited
It has become fashionable to claim that the nation state has lost its place. Globalization, it is said, means that nations can no longer con…
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A New Anti-Semitism
These are violent times. Some believe that we are experiencing a new kind of conflict: “culture wars,” such as those between Sunni and Shiit…
