PHILOSOPHER

Roberto Mangabeira Unger

1947 - Today

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Roberto Mangabeira Unger (; born 24 March 1947) is a Brazilian philosopher and politician. His work is in the tradition of Western philosophy and classical social theory, and is developed across fields in legal theory, philosophy and religion, social and political theory, progressive alternatives, and economics. In natural philosophy he is known for The Singular Universe and the Reality of Time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roberto Mangabeira Unger has received more than 364,687 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Roberto Mangabeira Unger is the 1,134th most popular philosopher, the 555th most popular biography from Brazil and the 4th most popular Brazilian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Roberto Mangabeira Unger ranks 1,134 out of 1,267Before him are Gary L. Francione, Phan Thanh Giản, Hicetas, Martin Chemnitz, Nancy Cartwright, and Albert Razin. After him are Friedrich Gogarten, Polemon of Athens, Thomas van Erpe, Ada Adler, Liang Shuming, and Marshall Berman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Roberto Mangabeira Unger ranks 511Before him are Moses Nagamootoo, Sandy Denny, Sylvestre Ilunga, Randhir Kapoor, Deanie Ip, and Dave Arneson. After him are Rudolf Scharping, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Saleh Kebzabo, Camille Keaton, Alexander Tikhonov, and Érik Orsenna.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Roberto Mangabeira Unger ranks 555 out of 2,236Before him are Nilo Murtinho Braga (1903), César Lattes (1924), Igor Cavalera (1970), José Reinaldo de Lima (1957), Glória Pires (1963), and Henrique Mecking (1952). After him are Alex Ribeiro (1948), Lima (1942), Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald (1905), Bruno Senna (1983), Heitor Canalli (1910), and Alice Braga (1983).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Brazil

Among philosophers born in Brazil, Roberto Mangabeira Unger ranks 4Before him are Paulo Freire (1921), Michael Löwy (1938), and Olavo de Carvalho (1947). After him are Vicente Ferreira da Silva (1916).