PHILOSOPHER

Jacob Taubes

1923 - 1987

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Jacob Taubes (25 February 1923 – 21 March 1987) was a sociologist of religion, philosopher, and scholar of Judaism. Taubes was born into an old rabbinical family. He was married to the writer Susan Taubes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Taubes has received more than 102,584 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Taubes is the 1,000th most popular philosopher, the 705th most popular biography from Austria and the 15th most popular Austrian Philosopher.

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  • 100k

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  • 57.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jacob Taubes ranks 1,000 out of 1,267. Before him are Sphaerus, Jean Rostand, Nana Asmaʼu, Thomas Arnold, Ram Dass, and Seyla Benhabib. After him are Jean François de Saint-Lambert, Isidore of Alexandria, Arulenus Rusticus, Tariq Ramadan, Amelius, and Ogyū Sorai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Jacob Taubes ranks 232. Before him are Juvenal Amarijo, Ida Vitale, Ellsworth Kelly, Jesús Rafael Soto, Louise Brough, and Barney Kessel. After him are Betsy Blair, Alice Coachman, Rafael Addiego Bruno, Og Mandino, Mrinal Sen, and Mikhail Yegorov. Among people deceased in 1987, Jacob Taubes ranks 136. Before him are Arne Brustad, Gustav Knuth, James Tiptree Jr., Fatemeh Pahlavi, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, and Aldo Boffi. After him are Viktor Nekrasov, Bayard Rustin, Chögyam Trungpa, Yūjirō Ishihara, Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, and Woody Herman.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Jacob Taubes ranks 705 out of 1,424. Before him are Hans Hass (1919), Josef Hickersberger (1948), Mateo Kovačić (1994), Franz Josef Popp (1886), Josef Uridil (1895), and Helene Engelmann (1898). After him are Toto Wolff (1972), Heinrich von Ferstel (1828), Peter Rosegger (1843), Alfred Riedl (1949), Joseph Marx (1882), and Sebastian Kurz (1986).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Austria

Among philosophers born in Austria, Jacob Taubes ranks 15. Before him are Otto Neurath (1882), Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757), André Gorz (1923), Jean Améry (1912), Kazimierz Twardowski (1866), and Christian von Ehrenfels (1859). After him are Helene von Druskowitz (1856), and Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1909).

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