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Peter Sloterdijk

1947 - Today

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Peter Sloterdijk (; German: [ˈsloːtɐˌdaɪk]; born 26 June 1947) is a German philosopher and cultural theorist. He is a professor of philosophy and media theory at the University of Art and Design Karlsruhe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Sloterdijk has received more than 571,609 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Peter Sloterdijk is the 421st most popular philosopher (up from 447th in 2019), the 1,083rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,137th in 2019) and the 57th most popular German Philosopher.

Peter Sloterdijk is a German philosopher and sociologist who is most famous for his work on the philosophical implications of the Internet.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Peter Sloterdijk ranks 421 out of 1,081Before him are Vincent of Beauvais, Carl Gustav Hempel, Ernesto Laclau, Leszek Kołakowski, Maine de Biran, and Buddhaghosa. After him are Chantal Mouffe, Richard Avenarius, Franciscus Patricius, Emmanuel Mounier, Ge Hong, and Michel de Certeau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Peter Sloterdijk ranks 67Before him are Aaron Ciechanover, Bachir Gemayel, Robert Englund, Dwight Schultz, Mariska Veres, and Yukio Hatoyama. After him are Michael Levitt, Dick Fosbury, Stan Kroenke, Danielle Steel, Ron Dennis, and Sheikh Hasina.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Sloterdijk ranks 1,083 out of 6,142Before him are Carl Reinecke (1824), Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Walter Baade (1893), Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), and Anna of Saxony (1544). After him are John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604), Carsten Niebuhr (1733), Joost van den Vondel (1587), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Sigmund Jähn (1937), and Radegund (518).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Peter Sloterdijk ranks 57Before him are Karl Rahner (1904), Johannes Althusius (1563), Paul Natorp (1854), Christian Thomasius (1655), Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775), and Carl Gustav Hempel (1905). After him are Hans Reichenbach (1891), Franz Rosenzweig (1886), Henry Suso (1295), Ernst Troeltsch (1865), Leo Strauss (1899), and Karl Löwith (1897).