PHILOSOPHER

André Glucksmann

1937 - 2015

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André Glucksmann (French: [ɡlyksman]; 19 June 1937 – 10 November 2015) was a French philosopher, activist, and writer. He was a leading figure of the new philosophers. Glucksmann began his career as a Marxist, who went on to reject Marxism–Leninism and real socialism in the popular book La Cuisinière et le Mangeur d'Hommes (1975), and later became an anti-Communist and outspoken critic of the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russian foreign policy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Glucksmann has received more than 148,627 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). André Glucksmann is the 865th most popular philosopher (down from 823rd in 2019), the 3,009th most popular biography from France (down from 2,811th in 2019) and the 110th most popular French Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of André Glucksmanns by language

Over the past year André Glucksmann has had the most page views in the with 231,101 views, followed by English (18,976), and German (7,056). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (124.74%), Esperanto (89.81%), and Catalan (82.83%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, André Glucksmann ranks 865 out of 1,267. Before him are Perry Anderson, Domingo de Soto, Emer de Vattel, Pierre Daniel Huet, William Paley, and Tao Hongjing. After him are Bahya ibn Paquda, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Lubna of Córdoba, Sarah Kofman, Lanza del Vasto, and Rudolf Stammler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, André Glucksmann ranks 208. Before him are Joseph Estrada, Gordon Milne, Carlos Westendorp, Harri Holkeri, Maryanne Trump Barry, and Chris Bristow. After him are Tom Courtenay, Luciano Moggi, Marcian Hoff, Joe Viterelli, Barbara Jones, and Édith Scob. Among people deceased in 2015, André Glucksmann ranks 146. Before him are Valentin Rasputin, Douglas Tompkins, Franco Interlenghi, Dick Nanninga, Moses Malone, and Percy Sledge. After him are Johanna Quandt, Mile Mrkšić, Geoffrey Lewis, Erik De Vlaeminck, Wim Ruska, and Jørgen Ingmann.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Glucksmann ranks 3,009 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie Thérèse de Bourbon (1666), Maurice Germot (1882), Henri Vidal (1919), Auguste Vaillant (1861), Armand Louis de Gontaut (1747), and István Nyers (1924). After him are Charles Tournemire (1870), Petrus de Cruce (1300), Didier Auriol (1958), Brigitte Fontaine (1939), Manuel Amoros (1962), and Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (1282).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, André Glucksmann ranks 110. Before him are Michael Baius (1513), Favorinus (85), Gilbert Simondon (1924), Michel Marcel Navratil (1908), Jean Guitton (1901), and Pierre Daniel Huet (1630). After him are Sarah Kofman (1934), Édouard Le Roy (1870), Beatus Rhenanus (1485), William of Conches (1080), Jacques-André Naigeon (1738), and Denis Pétau (1583).

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