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Nick Land

1962 - Today

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Nick Land (born 17 January 1962) is an English philosopher who has been described as "the Godfather of accelerationism". His work has been tied to the development of speculative realism. He was a leader of the 1990s "theory-fiction" collective Cybernetic Culture Research Unit after its original founder cyberfeminist theorist Sadie Plant left it. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nick Land has received more than 1,807,944 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nick Land is the 1,220th most popular philosopher (down from 1,146th in 2019), the 4,851st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,051st in 2019) and the 93rd most popular British Philosopher.

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  • 51.46

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nick Land ranks 1,220 out of 1,267. Before him are George Henry Lewes, David Ray Griffin, John Gray, C. H. Dodd, Ralph Barton Perry, and Mary Midgley. After him are Catherine Malabou, Charles Hartshorne, Roderick Chisholm, Michael Novak, Peter Geach, and Antoinette Brown Blackwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Nick Land ranks 410. Before him are Cássia Eller, Peter Chan, Roger Kingdom, Billy Beane, Pam Shriver, and David Koechner. After him are Mike Judge, Nicole Stott, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, The Proclaimers, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, and Bruno Martini.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nick Land ranks 4,851 out of 8,785. Before him are Anna Friel (1976), Jonathan Penrose (1933), Peter Sallis (1921), Edward Lhuyd (1660), Ray Kennedy (1951), and Mark Mazower (1958). After him are Michael Winterbottom (1961), Graeme Obree (1965), Charles Rosher (1885), Mackenzie Bowell (1823), Andrew Ainslie Common (1841), and Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Nick Land ranks 93. Before him are J. J. C. Smart (1920), Alister McGrath (1953), George Henry Lewes (1817), John Gray (1948), C. H. Dodd (1884), and Mary Midgley (1919). After him are Peter Geach (1916), James Dunn (1939), William Ames (1576), Richard Crashaw (1612), Colin McGinn (1950), and Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924).

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