PHILOSOPHER

Nancy Fraser

1947 - Today

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Nancy Fraser (; born May 20, 1947) is an American philosopher, critical theorist, feminist, and the Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science and professor of philosophy at The New School in New York City. Widely known for her critique of identity politics and her philosophical work on the concept of justice, Fraser is also a staunch critic of contemporary liberal feminism and its abandonment of social justice issues. Fraser holds honorary doctoral degrees from four universities in three countries, and won the 2010 Alfred Schutz Prize in Social Philosophy from the American Philosophical Association. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nancy Fraser has received more than 465,552 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Nancy Fraser is the 590th most popular philosopher (up from 784th in 2019), the 1,926th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,107th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nancy Fraser ranks 590 out of 1,267. Before her are Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Étienne Balibar, André Gorz, Zisi, and Luis de Molina. After her are Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Myson of Chenae, Yang Zhu, Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, and Bardaisan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Nancy Fraser ranks 127. Before her are Rod Evans, Saskia Sassen, Marc Bolan, Florian Schneider, Noritaka Hidaka, and Miguel Ángel González Suárez. After her are Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Michael Levitt, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, Roger De Vlaeminck, Glenn Tipton, and Marion Ramsey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Fraser ranks 1,926 out of 20,380. Before her are Fred Haise (1933), Bruno Mars (1985), Eddie Constantine (1913), Jean Arthur (1900), Whitey Bulger (1929), and Frances Conroy (1953). After her are Armand Assante (1949), Natalie Zemon Davis (1928), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807), Bruce McCandless II (1937), Henry A. Wallace (1888), and Maria Branyas (1907).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Nancy Fraser ranks 20. Before her are Murray Bookchin (1921), Saul Kripke (1940), Kenneth Waltz (1924), Tom Regan (1938), Arthur Danto (1924), and Charles W. Morris (1903). After her are Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), Jonathan Edwards (1703), Mary Parker Follett (1868), Michael Walzer (1935), Alvin Plantinga (1932), and Jerry Fodor (1935).

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