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Kenneth Waltz

1924 - 2013

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Kenneth Neal Waltz (; June 8, 1924 – May 12, 2013) was an American political scientist who was a member of the faculty at both the University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University and one of the most prominent scholars in the field of international relations. He was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War. Waltz was one of the original founders of neorealism, or structural realism, in international relations theory and later became associated with the school of defensive neorealism. Waltz's theories have been extensively debated within the field of international relations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenneth Waltz is the 511th most popular philosopher (up from 543rd in 2019), the 1,950th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,757th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among philosophers, Kenneth Waltz ranks 511 out of 1,267. Before him are Adam Ferguson, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Anania Shirakatsi, Nelson Goodman, Axel Honneth, and A. J. Ayer. After him are Valentinus, Thomas Nagel, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Sergei Bulgakov, Michel Serres, and Gilbert Ryle.

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Among people born in 1924, Kenneth Waltz ranks 82. Before him are Moktar Ould Daddah, Black Dahlia, Torsten Wiesel, Ephraim Kishon, Sabu Dastagir, and David Bronstein. After him are Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Roza Shanina, Sverre Fehn, Bulat Okudzhava, James Baldwin, and Hermann Buhl. Among people deceased in 2013, Kenneth Waltz ranks 66. Before him are Richard Matheson, Antoni Ramallets, Manfred Rommel, Ronald Dworkin, Hiroshi Yamauchi, and Pierre Mauroy. After him are Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, Wojciech Kilar, Patrice Chéreau, Nagisa Oshima, Sławomir Mrożek, and Ed Lauter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kenneth Waltz ranks 1,950 out of 20,380. Before him are June Carter Cash (1929), George Dantzig (1914), Frederick Cook (1865), Juliet Anderson (1938), Barbara Bach (1947), and Mario Lanza (1921). After him are Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924), Robert B. Laughlin (1950), Grover Washington Jr. (1943), Ted Danson (1947), Jeffrey C. Hall (1945), and William Westmoreland (1914).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Kenneth Waltz ranks 18. Before him are Michael J. Sandel (1953), Daniel Dennett (1942), Martha Nussbaum (1947), Murray Bookchin (1921), Ronald Dworkin (1931), and Nelson Goodman (1906). After him are Saul Kripke (1940), Charles W. Morris (1903), Barrington Moore Jr. (1913), Nancy Fraser (1947), Tom Regan (1938), and Jonathan Edwards (1703).

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