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Urs Jaeggi (Swiss sociologist, painter, and author)

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Jaeggi, Urs
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Date of birth
1931-06-23
Place of birth
Solothurn
Date of death
2021-02-13
Place of death
Berlin

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Urs Jaeggi (23 June 1931 in Solothurn – 13 February 2021 in Berlin) was a Swiss sociologist, painter, and author from Solothurn, Switzerland. From 1964 to 1993, he was a Professor of Sociology and Social Philosophy in Bern, Bochum, New York, and Berlin. He published numerous novels, short stories, essays as well as scientific books. He won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 1981.

As a visual artist participated in solo and group exhibitions from 1985 on. He lived in Berlin and Mexico City.

His daughter Rahel Jaeggi is a professor of philosophy at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Urs Jaeggi died on 13 February 2021 at the age of 89.

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Swiss sociologist, painter, and author.

Last modified: 2023-07-06 (revision #145133)

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NameFormatISBNRelease Date
BrandeisPaperback3-596-25000-51981-10
Arbeit, Handlung, NormativitätPaperback978-3-518-07921-81980-12-01
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Goodreads Author ID
1478232
ISNI
0000 0004 7870 4008
0000 0001 0930 9248
LibraryThing Author
jaeggiurs
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL673349A
VIAF
108222657
2157340604109921515
Wikidata ID
Q118760

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