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Practizing Politics with Alert Senses: Remembering Karl W. Deutsch (1912–1992)

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Abstract

Anyone who had a chance to meet Karl Deutsch, however fleeting or profound the encounter, must have had the experience that the conversation quickly turned towards two questions: What is the fundamental problem on the person’s mind at the time of the conversation?

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    Originally published in German as Dieter Senghaas. 2003. ‘Politik mit wachen Sinnen betreiben! Eine Erinnerung an Karl W. Deutsch (1912–1992).’ Pp. 11–25 in ‘Politik mit wachen Sinnen betreiben.’ Zur Erinnerung an Karl W. Deutsch. WZB-Vorlesungen 4. Berlin: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozial-forschung (WZB). This text was first published in English as: Dieter Senghaas, “Practicing Politics with Alert Senses: Remembering Karl W. Deutsch (1912–1992)” in Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Praha 2012, 1135–1142. Translated from German to English by Stephan von Pohl. The permission to republish this text was granted by the Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Science, Prague.

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  • Merritt, Richard L., Bruce M. Russett and Robert A. Dahl. 2001. ‘Karl Wolfgang Deutsch, 1912–1992.’ Pp. 58–79 in Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences Volume 80. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. (22 pages with a selected bibliography).

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    Charles Lewis Taylor

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    Bruce M. Russett

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Senghaas, D. (2020). Practizing Politics with Alert Senses: Remembering Karl W. Deutsch (1912–1992). In: Taylor, C., Russett, B. (eds) Karl W. Deutsch: Pioneer in the Theory of International Relations. Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice, vol 25. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02910-8_13

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