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Homi K. Bhabha

1949 - Today

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Homi Kharshedji Bhabha (; born 1 November 1949) is an Indian scholar and critical theorist. He is the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. He is one of the most important figures in contemporary postcolonial studies, and has developed a number of the field's neologisms and key concepts, such as hybridity, mimicry, difference, and ambivalence. Such terms describe ways in which colonised people have resisted the power of the coloniser, according to Bhabha's theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Homi K. Bhabha is the 503rd most popular philosopher (up from 1,147th in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from India (up from 632nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Homi K. Bhabha ranks 503 out of 1,267. Before him are Ivan Ilyin, Norberto Bobbio, Hermann Lotze, Johannes Althusius, Jean-Luc Nancy, and George Pachymeres. After him are Victor Cousin, Adam Ferguson, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Anania Shirakatsi, Nelson Goodman, and Axel Honneth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Homi K. Bhabha ranks 99. Before him are Twiggy, Patrick Duffy, Carl Bildt, Joachim Sauer, Annie Leibovitz, and Philippe Starck. After him are Quini, Morten Olsen, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Axel Honneth, Angie Bowie, and Josip Bozanić.

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In India

Among people born in India, Homi K. Bhabha ranks 202 out of 1,861. Before him are Mahavatar Babaji (1900), Salmaan Taseer (1944), Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), Nirmala Joshi (1934), Vishvamitra (-2000), and Mamnoon Hussain (1940). After him are Ratan Tata (1937), S. Jaishankar (1955), M. Visvesvaraya (1861), Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (1879), Sabu Dastagir (1924), and Sudha Murty (1950).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Homi K. Bhabha ranks 22. Before him are Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Ramanuja (1017), Chandrakirti (600), Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), Jyotirao Phule (1827), and Shantideva (685). After him are Madhvacharya (1199), Sivananda Saraswati (1887), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Dignāga (480), and Hemachandra (1089).

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