PHILOSOPHER

Joseph Raz

1939 - 2022

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Joseph Raz (; Hebrew: יוסף רז; born Joseph Zaltsman; 21 March 1939 – 2 May 2022) was an Israeli legal, moral and political philosopher. He was an advocate of legal positivism and is known for his conception of perfectionist liberalism. Raz spent most of his career as a professor of philosophy of law at Balliol College, Oxford, and was latterly a part-time professor of law at Columbia University Law School and a part-time professor at King's College London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Raz has received more than 346,214 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Raz is the 1,070th most popular philosopher, the 258th most popular biography from Israel and the 3rd most popular Israeli Philosopher.

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  • 350k

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  • 56.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Joseph Raz ranks 1,070 out of 1,267. Before him are Michael Oakeshott, Alois Riehl, Hirata Atsutane, Marsilius of Inghen, Georg Anton Friedrich Ast, and Eudorus of Alexandria. After him are Johann Eduard Erdmann, Karl Ludwig von Haller, Camillo Berneri, Anna Tumarkin, Paul Kurtz, and Heymann Steinthal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Joseph Raz ranks 329. Before him are Yaakov Neeman, Luigi Simoni, John Peel, Chris Dickerson, Joe Clark, and Billy Cox. After him are Abdullah Ensour, Sushil Koirala, Michael Gothard, Robert Darnton, Basil van Rooyen, and Jimmie Nicol. Among people deceased in 2022, Joseph Raz ranks 289. Before him are Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Steinar Amundsen, Herbert Mullin, Clarence Gilyard, Sonny Barger, and Mark Forest. After him are Juan Diego, Sally Kellerman, Fernando Chalana, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Robert Durst, and Agostino Cacciavillan.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Joseph Raz ranks 258 out of 466. Before him are Ayelet Zurer (1969), Nehemiah Persoff (1919), Ari Folman (1962), Benny Morris (1948), Yossi Benayoun (1980), and Yaakov Neeman (1939). After him are Ilanit (1947), Elia Suleiman (1960), Rika Zaraï (1938), Mohammad Bakri (1953), Joan of Acre (1272), and Oded Fehr (1970).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Israel

Among philosophers born in Israel, Joseph Raz ranks 3. Before him are Antiochus of Ascalon (-130), and Azmi Bishara (1956). After him are Yuval Steinitz (1958).

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