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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 620,447 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Peter Sloterdijk is the 408th most popular philosopher (up from 421st in 2019), the 1,010th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,083rd in 2019) and the 56th 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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  • 620k

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  • 66.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Peter Sloterdijk ranks 408 out of 1,267. Before him are Chantal Mouffe, Leszek Kołakowski, Christian Thomasius, Eubulides, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, and Brunetto Latini. After him are Phaedo of Elis, Franciscus Patricius, Franz Rosenzweig, Eudemus of Rhodes, Buddhaghosa, and Siger of Brabant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Peter Sloterdijk ranks 71. Before him are Kevin Kline, Carles Rexach, Óscar Tabárez, Mohammad Najibullah, Gidon Kremer, and Yukio Hatoyama. After him are Walter Röhrl, Robert Englund, Joe Mantegna, Carla Del Ponte, Mariska Veres, and Viktor Belenko.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Sloterdijk ranks 1,010 out of 7,253. Before him are Christian Thomasius (1655), Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), Zwentibold (870), John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525), Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526), and Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775). After him are Manuel Neuer (1986), Herbert Gille (1897), Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817), Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), Emil Jellinek (1853), and Hennig Brand (1630).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Peter Sloterdijk ranks 56. Before him are Gershom Scholem (1897), Leo Strauss (1899), Karl Rahner (1904), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Christian Thomasius (1655), and Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775). After him are Franz Rosenzweig (1886), Henry Suso (1295), Johannes Althusius (1563), Paul Natorp (1854), Hans Reichenbach (1891), and Ernst Troeltsch (1865).

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