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Homi K. Bhabha

1949 - Today

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Homi Kharshedji Bhabha (; born 1 November 1949) is an Indian scholar and critical theorist. He is the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. He is one of the most important figures in contemporary postcolonial studies, and has developed a number of the field's neologisms and key concepts, such as hybridity, mimicry, difference, and ambivalence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Homi K. Bhabha has received more than 1,478,116 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Homi K. Bhabha is the 1,147th most popular philosopher (down from 1,136th in 2019), the 632nd most popular biography from India (up from 703rd in 2019) and the 45th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Homi K. Bhabha ranks 1,147 out of 1,267. Before him are Allan Bloom, Charondas, Barbara Cassin, István Mészáros, W. D. Ross, and Eduardo Lourenço. After him are Dieter Henrich, Abram Deborin, William Thompson, Hector Boece, Ralph Cudworth, and William Lane Craig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Homi K. Bhabha ranks 448. Before him are Ian Livingstone, Heather Menzies, Irena Degutienė, Carlos Veiga, Hartmut Briesenick, and Tommy Seebach. After him are Antonello Cuccureddu, Dinesh Gunawardena, Gheorghe Berceanu, Mary Roos, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and Peter Friedman.

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In India

Among people born in India, Homi K. Bhabha ranks 632 out of 1,861. Before him are Indra Nooyi (1955), Rajkumar (1929), Abhishek Bachchan (1976), Oswald Gracias (1944), Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), and Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938). After him are Wasim Sajjad (1941), William Birdwood (1865), S. Jaishankar (1955), Pratibha Ray (1944), Sudha Murty (1950), and Rakesh Roshan (1949).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Homi K. Bhabha ranks 45. Before him are Jaimini (-390), Debendranath Tagore (1817), Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), Keshub Chandra Sen (1838), and Derek Prince (1915). After him are Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874), and Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916).

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