Ralf Dahrendorf: across borders

The more Ralf Dahrendorf saw of Europe and the countries and continents beyond its borders, the more this led him to the view he recorded in his European Diaries, that ‘this merely confirms just how close the ties that unite us Europeans are’. Ralf Dahrendorf’s life story is characterised by an unending criss-crossing of national boundaries, something which is mirrored in his intellectual style, in which he often cut across the boundaries between different spheres and activities.