Clarence Reidenbach

Clarence Reidenbach is the author of A Critical Analysis of Patriotism As an Ethical Concept, a dissertation presented to the Graduate School of Yale University for the Ph.D. on May 1, 1918. The work examines patriotism not just as a feeling, but as a moral idea shaped by attachment, habit, belief, and national identity.

The book stands out for treating patriotism as a serious ethical problem rather than a slogan. Its chapter outline shows a careful, systematic approach, moving from the impulses behind patriotism to its moral value in practice.

Reliable biographical details about Reidenbach himself are scarce in the sources I could confirm, so it is safest to remember him mainly through this surviving work and the questions it raises about loyalty, country, and conscience.