Urs Jaeggi

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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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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• Publications by and about Urs Jaeggi in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library
• "Literary estate of Urs Jaeggi". HelveticArchives. Swiss National Library.

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