Carl Joachim Friedrich

Carl Joachim Friedrich
Born5 June 1901 Edit this on Wikidata
Leipzig Edit this on Wikidata
Died19 September 1984 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 83)
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OccupationPolitical scientist Edit this on Wikidata
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Position heldchair (American Political Science Association, 1962–1963) Edit this on Wikidata

Carl Joachim Friedrich (/ˈfrdrɪk/; German: [ˈfʀiːdʀɪç]; June 5, 1901 – September 19, 1984) was a German-American professor and political theorist. He taught alternately at Harvard and Heidelberg until his retirement in 1971. His writings on state and constitutional theory, constitutionalism and government made him one of the world's leading political scientists in the post-World War II period. He is one of the most influential scholars of totalitarianism.