Adolf Grabowsky (August 31, 1880 in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

– August 23, 1969 in

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) was a German

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

and author of several books about

geopolitics Geopolitics () is the study of the effects of Earth's geography on politics and international relations. Geopolitics usually refers to countries and relations between them, it may also focus on two other kinds of State (polity), states: ''de fac ...

and

political theory Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and legitimacy of political institutions, such as states. This field investigates different forms of government, ranging from d ...

, including ''"Democracy and Dictatorship"'' (1949). He was a Jewish convert to Protestantism, and founder and editor of the '. He was a supporter of the

Weimar Weimar is a city in the state (Germany), German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany (cultural area), Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together w ...

democracy.Murphy (1997) pp.60,73

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* 1880 births 1969 deaths Writers from Berlin People from the Province of Brandenburg Free Conservative Party politicians Geopoliticians Academic staff of the University of Giessen German military personnel of World War I German emigrants to Switzerland Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 20th-century German political scientists {{Germany-academic-bio-stub