PHILOSOPHER

Jean Améry

1912 - 1978

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Jean Améry (31 October 1912 – 17 October 1978), born Hanns Chaim Mayer, was an Austrian-born essayist whose work was often informed by his experiences during World War II. His most celebrated work, At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities (1966), suggests that torture was "the essence" of the Third Reich. Other notable works included On Aging (1968) and On Suicide: A Discourse on Voluntary Death (1976). He adopted the pseudonym Jean Améry after 1945. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Améry has received more than 273,423 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jean Améry is the 636th most popular philosopher (down from 582nd in 2019), the 418th most popular biography from Austria (down from 389th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Austrian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jean Améry ranks 636 out of 1,267. Before him are Ernst Nolte, David Hartley, Gongsun Long, Yves Bonnefoy, Frithjof Schuon, and Nausiphanes. After him are Nicola Abbagnano, Eugen Fink, Ari Thorgilsson, Maximus Planudes, Pierre Charron, and Barlaam of Seminara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Jean Améry ranks 100. Before him are Jiří Trnka, Gordon Gollob, Woody Guthrie, Sohn Kee-chung, Philibert Tsiranana, and Samuel Fuller. After him are Igor Markevitch, Yuen Siu-tien, Fritz Fischer, Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, Edmond Jabès, and Hasan Salama. Among people deceased in 1978, Jean Améry ranks 66. Before him are Hubert Humphrey, Jack L. Warner, Shozo Tsugitani, Arnold Hauser, Philibert Tsiranana, and Herbert Kappler. After him are Charles Eames, José Manuel Moreno, Lilya Brik, Max Decugis, Jens Otto Krag, and Misao Tamai.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Jean Améry ranks 418 out of 1,424. Before him are Carl Schlechter (1874), Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (1833), Karl Rappan (1905), Hermann Bahr (1863), Hermann Nitsch (1938), and Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818). After him are Irmfried Eberl (1910), Hans Ledwinka (1878), Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein (1724), Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), Princess Alexandra of Hanover (1882), and Oscar Straus (1870).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Austria

Among philosophers born in Austria, Jean Améry ranks 12. Before him are Ivan Illich (1926), Otto Weininger (1880), Alfred Schütz (1899), Otto Neurath (1882), Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757), and André Gorz (1923). After him are Kazimierz Twardowski (1866), Christian von Ehrenfels (1859), Jacob Taubes (1923), Helene von Druskowitz (1856), and Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1909).

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