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André Glucksmann

1937 - 2015

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André Glucksmann (French: [ɡlyksman]; 19 June 1937 – 10 November 2015) was a French philosopher, activist, and writer. He was a leading figure of the new philosophers. Glucksmann began his career as a Marxist, who went on to reject Marxism–Leninism and real socialism in the popular book La Cuisinière et le Mangeur d'Hommes (1975), and later became an anti-Communist and outspoken critic of the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russian foreign policy. He was a strong supporter of human rights. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Glucksmann is the 712th most popular philosopher (up from 865th in 2019), the 2,323rd most popular biography from France (up from 3,010th in 2019) and the 91st most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, André Glucksmann ranks 712 out of 1,267. Before him are Péter Pázmány, Henry More, Mario Bunge, Francesco Algarotti, Stephen Toulmin, and Aedesia. After him are Onesicritus, Svetozar Marković, Edvard Westermarck, Numenius of Apamea, Gaius Marius Victorinus, and Cheng Yi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, André Glucksmann ranks 143. Before him are Billy Dee Williams, Audrys Bačkis, Steve Russell, Hibari Misora, Mintimer Shaimiev, and Andrés Gimeno. After him are Facundo Cabral, Eduard Uspensky, Ned Beatty, Bruce McCandless II, Harri Holkeri, and John Kennedy Toole. Among people deceased in 2015, André Glucksmann ranks 114. Before him are Philippe Honoré, Jenő Buzánszky, Kemal Monteno, Jacob Bekenstein, Ieng Thirith, and Shigeru Mizuki. After him are Franzl Lang, Aldo Ciccolini, John Guillermin, Magali Noël, Franco Interlenghi, and Natalie Cole.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Glucksmann ranks 2,323 out of 6,770. Before him are François Furet (1927), Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (1434), Étienne Maurice Gérard (1773), Edmond Locard (1877), Christian Lacroix (1951), and Bernadette Chirac (1933). After him are Maria of Navarre (1326), Aristide Bruant (1851), Alexandre Desplat (1961), Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686), Jean-Loup Chrétien (1938), and Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (1960).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, André Glucksmann ranks 91. Before him are Émile Chartier (1868), Amalric of Bena (1150), Paul Nizan (1905), Paul Virilio (1932), Fulbert of Chartres (960), and Charles Renouvier (1815). After him are Sarah Kofman (1934), Émile Boutroux (1845), Julien Benda (1867), Jean Wahl (1888), Gilbert Simondon (1924), and Jean-Luc Marion (1946).

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