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Jacob Taubes

1923 - 1987

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Jacob Taubes (25 February 1923 – 21 March 1987) was a sociologist of religion, philosopher, and scholar of Judaism. Taubes was born into an old rabbinical family. He was married to the writer Susan Taubes. He obtained his doctorate in 1947 for a thesis on "Occidental Eschatology" and initially taught religious studies and Jewish studies in the United States at Harvard, Columbia and Princeton University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Taubes is the 1,069th most popular philosopher (down from 1,000th in 2019), the 800th most popular biography from Austria (down from 705th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Austrian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jacob Taubes ranks 1,069 out of 1,267. Before him are Amina Wadud, István Mészáros, Edmund Gettier, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Fazlur Rahman Malik, and Robert Spaemann. After him are William Thompson, Ioane Petritsi, Mary Daly, Damaris Cudworth Masham, Anandavardhana, and Rambhadracharya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Jacob Taubes ranks 261. Before him are Daniil Shafran, Giulio Cabianca, Ivan Gubijan, Sara Lidman, François Cavanna, and Israel Gutman. After him are Ellsworth Kelly, Joseph Keller, Rudolf Augstein, Louise Brough, Bryce DeWitt, and Alice Coachman. Among people deceased in 1987, Jacob Taubes ranks 157. Before him are Giovanni Arpino, Madeleine Carroll, Conny Plank, Paul Janes, Ralph Nelson, and John Mikaelsson. After him are J. Lawton Collins, Gerardo Diego, Yūjirō Ishihara, Gioacchino Colombo, Petro Grigorenko, and Gerhard Fieseler.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Jacob Taubes ranks 800 out of 1,424. Before him are Carl Vaugoin (1873), Friedrich Waismann (1896), Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897), Berta Zuckerkandl (1864), Theodore Bikel (1924), and Helena Rasiowa (1917). After him are Annemarie Selinko (1914), Josef Stroh (1913), Christl Haas (1943), Walter Berry (1929), Baron Ignaz von Plener (1810), and Erika Mahringer (1924).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Austria

Among philosophers born in Austria, Jacob Taubes ranks 15. Before him are Otto Neurath (1882), Jean Améry (1912), Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757), André Gorz (1923), Kazimierz Twardowski (1866), and Christian von Ehrenfels (1859). After him are Helene von Druskowitz (1856), and Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1909).

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