PHILOSOPHER

André Gorz

1923 - 2007

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Gérard Horst (pronounced [ʒeʁaʁ ɔʁst]; né Gerhart Hirsch, German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈhɪʁʃ]; 9 February 1923 – 22 September 2007), more commonly known by his pen names André Gorz (French: [ɑ̃dʁe ɡɔʁts]) and Michel Bosquet (pronounced [miʃɛl bɔskɛ]), was an Austrian and French social philosopher and journalist and critic of work. He co-founded Le Nouvel Observateur weekly in 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Gorz has received more than 225,372 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. André Gorz is the 587th most popular philosopher (down from 510th in 2019), the 380th most popular biography from Austria (down from 351st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Austrian Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

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  • 58.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, André Gorz ranks 587 out of 1,267. Before him are Thiruvalluvar, Kanada, Alcidamas, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Johann Christoph Gottsched, and Étienne Balibar. After him are Zisi, Luis de Molina, Nancy Fraser, Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, Johan Vilhelm Snellman, and Myson of Chenae.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, André Gorz ranks 86. Before him are Alicia de Larrocha, Richard Avedon, Hank Williams, Zarifa Aliyeva, Ousmane Sembène, and Valentina Cortese. After him are Richard Pipes, Yaşar Kemal, Uri Avnery, Rudolph A. Marcus, Uziel Gal, and Bettie Page. Among people deceased in 2007, André Gorz ranks 74. Before him are Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Gianfranco Ferré, Ousmane Sembène, Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, Lady Bird Johnson, and Kiichi Miyazawa. After him are Khun Sa, Vilma Espín, Mary Douglas, Ira Levin, István Sándorfi, and Mika Špiljak.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, André Gorz ranks 380 out of 1,424. Before him are Frederick I, Duke of Austria (1175), Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (1918), Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania (1574), Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854), Agnes of Austria (1281), and Zoltán Tildy (1889). After him are Archduchess Adelheid of Austria (1914), Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (1226), Otto Barić (1933), Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1737), Archduke Felix of Austria (1916), and Peter Altenberg (1859).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Austria

Among philosophers born in Austria, André Gorz ranks 11. Before him are Paul Feyerabend (1924), Ivan Illich (1926), Otto Weininger (1880), Alfred Schütz (1899), Otto Neurath (1882), and Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757). After him are Jean Améry (1912), Kazimierz Twardowski (1866), Christian von Ehrenfels (1859), Jacob Taubes (1923), Helene von Druskowitz (1856), and Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1909).

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