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Iris Marion Young

1949 - 2006

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Iris Marion Young (2 January 1949 – 1 August 2006) was an American political theorist and socialist feminist who focused on the nature of justice and social difference. She served as Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and was affiliated with the Center for Gender Studies and the Human Rights program there. Her research covered contemporary political theory, feminist social theory, and normative analysis of public policy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iris Marion Young has received more than 375,033 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Iris Marion Young is the 1,182nd most popular philosopher, the 7,808th most popular biography from United States and the 66th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Iris Marion Young ranks 1,182 out of 1,267. Before her are Edward Abramowski, Michael Ruse, Buddhapālita, Vicente Ferreira da Silva, Leila Ahmed, and Hermann Lietz. After her are William Chittick, Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, Richard Price, Judith Jarvis Thomson, David Malet Armstrong, and John Major.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Iris Marion Young ranks 504. Before her are Queen Aishwarya of Nepal, David Cross, Helmut Kremers, Yuri Baturin, Claude Papi, and Larisa Petrik. After her are Michael Häupl, Jerry Lawler, Christy Walton, Toyokazu Nomura, Heini Hemmi, and György Gedó. Among people deceased in 2006, Iris Marion Young ranks 280. Before her are Elton Dean, Lyubov Polishchuk, Ruth Brown, Alvin M. Weinberg, Duygu Asena, and Barnard Hughes. After her are Reidar Liaklev, Volodymyr Dakhno, Jan Twardowski, Tony Jay, Charles Haughey, and Bob Mathias.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Iris Marion Young ranks 7,808 out of 20,380. Before her are June Foray (1917), Steve Kloves (1960), Kevin Richardson (1971), Lynn Burke (1943), Hugh S. Johnson (1882), and Charles Q. Brown Jr. (1962). After her are William Chittick (1943), Robert Beltran (1953), Aja Naomi King (1985), Booker T (1965), Julie Garwood (1946), and Tess Harper (1950).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Iris Marion Young ranks 66. Before her are Nancy Cartwright (1944), Marshall Berman (1940), Allan Bloom (1930), William Lane Craig (1949), Pat Robertson (1930), and Mary Whiton Calkins (1863). After her are William Chittick (1943), Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929), Robert Brandom (1950), William Alston (1921), James Burnham (1905), and Alexander Berzin (1944).

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