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Guy Debord

1931 - 1994

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Guy-Ernest Debord (; French: [gi dəbɔʁ]; 28 December 1931 – 30 November 1994) was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, critic of work, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationist International. He was also briefly a member of Socialisme ou Barbarie. Debord is best known for his 1967 work, The Society of the Spectacle, alongside his direction to the Letterist and Situationist Magazines. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guy Debord is the 302nd most popular philosopher (down from 249th in 2019), the 815th most popular biography from France (down from 625th in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Philosopher.

Guy Debord was a French Marxist theorist and filmmaker who was most famous for his book "The Society of the Spectacle."

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Among philosophers, Guy Debord ranks 302 out of 1,267. Before him are Strato of Lampsacus, Heraclides Ponticus, William Godwin, Wang Yangming, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, and Otto Weininger. After him are Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Celsus, Lev Shestov, Anacharsis, Chilon of Sparta, and Synesius.

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Among people born in 1931, Guy Debord ranks 46. Before him are James Cronin, David Lee, Larry Hagman, Aldo Rossi, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, and Richard F. Heck. After him are Khieu Samphan, John Gavin, John le Carré, Nawal El Saadawi, Kakuichi Mimura, and William Shatner. Among people deceased in 1994, Guy Debord ranks 35. Before him are Domenico Modugno, Billy Wright, Roland Ratzenberger, Niels Kaj Jerne, George Peppard, and Telly Savalas. After him are Bassel al-Assad, Marija Gimbutas, Andrés Escobar, Pierre Boulle, Vladimir Ivashko, and Witold Lutosławski.

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In France

Among people born in France, Guy Debord ranks 815 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Tati (1907), Juliette Binoche (1964), Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788), Maurice Blanchot (1907), François Ravaillac (1578), and Sidonius Apollinaris (430). After him are Isabella of Hainault (1170), Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (1464), Maurice Denis (1870), Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963), Edme Mariotte (1620), and Gabriel Tarde (1843).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Guy Debord ranks 39. Before him are Nicole Oresme (1323), François Fénelon (1651), Sebastian Brant (1458), Raymond Aron (1905), Bruno Latour (1947), and Jacques Maritain (1882). After him are Roscellinus (1050), Georges Sorel (1847), Henri Lefebvre (1901), Félix Guattari (1930), Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857), and Louis Couturat (1868).

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