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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 departed from it. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nick Land has received more than 1,566,029 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Nick Land is the 1,146th most popular philosopher, the 5,063rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 89th most popular British Philosopher.

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  • 1.6M

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  • 40.31

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  • 16

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  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nick Land ranks 1,146 out of 1,081Before him are Wendy Brown, Stanley Fish, Michael Novak, Cornel West, David Benatar, and Peter Kreeft. After him are James Dunn, Dugald Stewart, Leonard Peikoff, Yuval Steinitz, Paul Churchland, and Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Nick Land ranks 437Before him are Michael Widenius, Sergio Casal, Jeffrey Nordling, Steve Redgrave, Tomas Johansson, and Jan Furtok. After him are Chris Sanders, Kevin Chapman, Nana Ioseliani, Colton Ford, Mo Hayder, and Polly Samson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nick Land ranks 5,063 out of 7,765Before him are Heather Mills (1968), Peter Ashdown (1934), James Marsh (1963), Toby Regbo (1991), Graham Taylor (1944), and Saskia Reeves (1961). After him are Richard Tandy (1948), Amelia Warner (1982), Joyce Cary (1888), Michelle Gomez (1966), Keiran Lee (1984), and James Dunn (1939).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Nick Land ranks 89Before him are Bernard Bosanquet (1848), C. H. Dodd (1884), Peter Geach (1916), Susan Haack (1945), J. J. C. Smart (1920), and Mary Midgley (1919). After him are James Dunn (1939), Dugald Stewart (1753), Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924), Richard Crashaw (1612), Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954), and N. T. Wright (1948).

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