PHILOSOPHER

Karl Korsch

1886 - 1961

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Karl Korsch (German: [kaʁl kɔʁʃ]; August 15, 1886 – October 21, 1961) was a German Marxist theoretician and political philosopher. He is recognized as one of the "dissidents" that challenged the Marxism of the Second International of Karl Kautsky, Georgi Plekhanov and Lenin. Along with György Lukács, Korsch is considered to be one of the major figures responsible for laying the groundwork for Western Marxism in the 1920s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Korsch is the 557th most popular philosopher (down from 540th in 2019), the 1,607th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,494th in 2019) and the 71st most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Karl Korsch ranks 557 out of 1,267. Before him are William of Champeaux, Crantor, Zhou Dunyi, Cesare Ripa, James Ussher, and Paul Grice. After him are Arete of Cyrene, Barrington Moore Jr., Bernardino Telesio, Zaki al-Arsuzi, Harriet Taylor Mill, and Al-Shahrastani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Karl Korsch ranks 61. Before him are Erich Fellgiebel, Gyula Gömbös, Jisaburō Ozawa, Paul Lévy, Hitoshi Imamura, and Mary Wigman. After him are Giovanni Battista Caproni, Raoul Hausmann, Tsuguharu Foujita, Raymond A. Spruance, Werner Kempf, and Sessue Hayakawa. Among people deceased in 1961, Karl Korsch ranks 33. Before him are Blaise Cendrars, Wolfgang von Trips, Arthur Drewry, Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria, Jeff Chandler, and Paul Wittgenstein. After him are Zoltán Tildy, Mukhtar Auezov, Joseph M. Schenck, Werner Jaeger, Maria Valtorta, and Margherita Sarfatti.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Korsch ranks 1,607 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Correns (1864), Richard Glücks (1889), Méret Oppenheim (1913), Gustav Landauer (1870), Wolf Vostell (1932), and Friedrich Wetter (1928). After him are August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798), Frederick II, Elector Palatine (1482), Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1746), Gunter Sachs (1932), Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (1604), and Miguel, Duke of Braganza (1853).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Karl Korsch ranks 71. Before him are Karl Löwith (1897), Ludwig Büchner (1824), Karl-Otto Apel (1922), Carl Stumpf (1848), Annemarie Schimmel (1922), and Albert of Saxony (1316). After him are Hans Vaihinger (1852), Philipp Mainländer (1841), Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781), Werner Jaeger (1888), Hans Blumenberg (1920), and Constantin von Tischendorf (1815).

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