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Ernesto Laclau

1935 - 2014

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Ernesto Laclau (Spanish: [laˈklaw]; 6 October 1935 – 13 April 2014) was an Argentine political theorist and philosopher. He is often described as an 'inventor' of post-Marxist political theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernesto Laclau has received more than 384,735 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Ernesto Laclau is the 444th most popular philosopher (down from 417th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 44th in 2019) and the most popular Argentinean Philosopher.

Ernesto Laclau is most famous for his theory of populism. He argues that populism is a form of politics that appeals to the people as a whole, and that it is not exclusive to the left or the right.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ernesto Laclau ranks 444 out of 1,267. Before him are Francisco Ferrer, Emmanuel Mounier, Thomas Cajetan, Petrus Ramus, Johannes Althusius, and Diogenes of Babylon. After him are Theodorus the Atheist, Arnobius, John Toland, Huiyuan, Vasishtha, and Luce Irigaray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Ernesto Laclau ranks 57. Before him are David Harvey, Zhelyu Zhelev, John Saxon, Satoshi Ōmura, Masahito, Prince Hitachi, and Monique Wittig. After him are John G. Avildsen, Forough Farrokhzad, Udo Lattek, Lorenzo Bandini, Wim Duisenberg, and Pranab Mukherjee. Among people deceased in 2014, Ernesto Laclau ranks 55. Before him are Gerald Edelman, Udo Jürgens, Miklós Jancsó, Dale T. Mortensen, Hans Hollein, and David Easton. After him are Stephanie Kwolek, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Robert A. Dahl, James Garner, Tito Vilanova, and Chespirito.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Ernesto Laclau ranks 58 out of 1,154. Before him are Ramón Díaz (1959), Alberto Granado (1922), Eduardo Duhalde (1941), Francisco Varallo (1910), Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (1931), and Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1878). After him are Isabel Sarli (1929), Lalo Schifrin (1932), Alberto Ginastera (1916), Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852), Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914), and Osvaldo Ardiles (1952).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Argentina

Among philosophers born in Argentina, Ernesto Laclau ranks 1. After him are Mario Bunge (1919).

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