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Claude Lefort

1924 - 2010

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Claude Lefort (; French: [ləfɔʁ]; 21 April 1924 – 3 October 2010) was a French philosopher and activist. He was politically active by 1942 under the influence of his tutor, the phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty (whose posthumous publications Lefort later edited). By 1943 he was organising a faction of the Trotskyist Parti Communiste Internationaliste at the Lycée Henri-IV in Paris. Lefort was impressed by Cornelius Castoriadis when he first met him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Lefort is the 861st most popular philosopher (down from 801st in 2019), the 3,014th most popular biography from France (down from 2,764th in 2019) and the 106th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Claude Lefort ranks 861 out of 1,267. Before him are Jean Guitton, Yuriy Drohobych, Ervin László, John Major, Metrodorus of Chios, and Denis Pétau. After him are Charles Kay Ogden, Anandamayi Ma, Timon of Athens, Julius Pollux, Myson of Chenae, and James Mark Baldwin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Claude Lefort ranks 180. Before him are Juan Ponce Enrile, Jean Bartik, Élias Sarkis, Robert Frank, Ruth Teitelbaum, and Renia Spiegel. After him are Ján Chryzostom Korec, José Donoso, S. N. Goenka, Alice Babs, Gene Deitch, and Alexander Matrosov. Among people deceased in 2010, Claude Lefort ranks 148. Before him are Herbert Erhardt, Luis García Berlanga, Jean Ferrat, Caterina Boratto, Giulietta Simionato, and Cesare Siepi. After him are Magda Frank, Hajo Herrmann, Anatoly Dobrynin, Bruno S., Shmuel Eisenstadt, and Tony Judt.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Lefort ranks 3,014 out of 6,770. Before him are Christian d'Oriola (1928), Pierre Berthier (1782), Salomon, King of Brittany (900), Patrick Battiston (1957), Nicholas Rémy (1530), and David Kimhi (1160). After him are Oscar Cullmann (1902), Nicolas Lemery (1645), Antoine de Jussieu (1686), Olivier Panis (1966), Jacques Babinet (1794), and Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1836).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Claude Lefort ranks 106. Before him are Michael Baius (1513), Favorinus (85), Léon Brunschvicg (1869), Peter John Olivi (1248), Jean Guitton (1901), and Denis Pétau (1583). After him are William of Conches (1080), Alain Finkielkraut (1949), Louis Lavelle (1883), Beatus Rhenanus (1485), Pierre Daniel Huet (1630), and Firmin Abauzit (1679).

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