PHILOSOPHER

Denis de Rougemont

1906 - 1985

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Denys Louis de Rougemont (September 8, 1906 – December 6, 1985), known as Denis de Rougemont (French: [dəni də ʁuʒmɔ̃]), was a Swiss writer and cultural theorist who wrote in French. One of the non-conformists of the 1930s, he addressed the perils of totalitarianism from a Christian point of view. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denis de Rougemont has received more than 97,260 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Denis de Rougemont is the 734th most popular philosopher (down from 698th in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 202nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swiss Philosopher.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Denis de Rougemont ranks 734 out of 1,267. Before him are Vazgen I, Alexius Meinong, Hermarchus, Syrianus, Arnold Geulincx, and Symon Budny. After him are Hui Shi, James Mark Baldwin, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Gilbert de la Porrée, William Heard Kilpatrick, and Metrocles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Denis de Rougemont ranks 115. Before him are Hamazasp Babadzhanian, Philo Farnsworth, Berthold, Margrave of Baden, Chester Carlson, Enrico Mattei, and Yasuo Haruyama. After him are Musa Cälil, William Joyce, Ladislao Vajda, Jacques Pills, Jack Churchill, and Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar. Among people deceased in 1985, Denis de Rougemont ranks 77. Before him are Helmuth Plessner, Birabongse Bhanudej, David Purley, Nicolas Frantz, Heinz Hoffmann, and Fred Uhlman. After him are Karl Menger, Matti Järvinen, Tapio Wirkkala, Eugene Ormandy, Vladimir Jankélévitch, and Lovro von Matačić.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Denis de Rougemont ranks 221 out of 1,015. Before him are Meyer Guggenheim (1828), Rudolf II, Count of Habsburg (1168), Françoise-Louise de Warens (1699), Adolphe Appia (1862), Umberto Agnelli (1934), and Robert Miles (1969). After him are George de Mestral (1907), Pascal Couchepin (1942), Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817), Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742), Carl Nägeli (1817), and Marcel Bezençon (1907).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Switzerland

Among philosophers born in Switzerland, Denis de Rougemont ranks 5. Before him are Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712), Benjamin Constant (1767), Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821), and Frithjof Schuon (1907). After him are Jean Vanier (1928), Emer de Vattel (1714), Tariq Ramadan (1962), and Karl Ludwig von Haller (1768).

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