PHILOSOPHER

James Burnham

1905 - 1987

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James Burnham (November 22, 1905 – July 28, 1987) was an American philosopher and political theorist. He chaired the New York University Department of Philosophy; his first book was An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis (1931). Burnham became a prominent Trotskyist activist in the 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Burnham has received more than 584,940 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). James Burnham is the 1,196th most popular philosopher (down from 1,100th in 2019), the 8,521st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,572nd in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, James Burnham ranks 1,196 out of 1,267. Before him are Quentin Meillassoux, Hendrik Adamson, Robert Brandom, Stanley Jaki, William Alston, and Sara Danius. After him are Ernest Belfort Bax, Alexander Berzin, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Nick Bostrom, Susan Haack, and R. C. Sproul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, James Burnham ranks 317. Before him are Jorge Pardon, Alex Wilson, Arnold Luhaäär, Sergey Nikolsky, Henri Guérin, and Richard Haydn. After him are Bernhard Minetti, Juan Alfonso Valle, Leni Junker, Raymundo Rodríguez, Max Bulla, and Henry Wilcoxon. Among people deceased in 1987, James Burnham ranks 214. Before him are Joan Shawlee, Meena Keshwar Kamal, Marcos Calderón, Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, Clare Boothe Luce, and Arthur F. Burns. After him are Valentín Paz-Andrade, Alexis Chantraine, George Mikes, Viola Dana, Priscilla Dean, and Dennis Poore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Burnham ranks 8,521 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Tashlin (1913), Lloyd Bentsen (1921), Regina Hall (1970), Butch Vig (1955), Kellan Lutz (1985), and Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822). After him are Rashida Jones (1976), Henry van Dyke Jr. (1852), Julie Taymor (1952), Terry Kinney (1954), Bukka White (1906), and Jimmy Miller (1942).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, James Burnham ranks 71. Before him are Mary Whiton Calkins (1863), Iris Marion Young (1949), William Chittick (1943), Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929), Robert Brandom (1950), and William Alston (1921). After him are Alexander Berzin (1944), R. C. Sproul (1939), Patricia Hill Collins (1948), Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787), David Ray Griffin (1939), and Ralph Barton Perry (1876).

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