Historical Archives & Public Figures

Switzerland

c. 1959 – 2013 (54 years old)

Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias was an Azorean historian, author, and academic. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Stanley Cohen

Great Britain

c. 1943 – 2013 (70 years old)

Stanley Cohen was a South African-British sociologist and criminologist, Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics, known for breaking academic ground on "emotional management", including the mismanagement of emotions in the form of sentimentality, overreaction, and emotional denial. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

London, United Kingdom

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Mary Susan McIntosh

Great Britain

c. 1937 – 2013 (76 years old)

Mary Susan McIntosh was a British sociologist, feminist, and political activist for LGBTQ rights in the United Kingdom.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

London, United Kingdom

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Preben Munthe

Norway

c. 1923 – 2013 (90 years old)

Preben Hempel Munthe was a Norwegian economist.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Oslo, Norway

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Robert C. Holland

United States

c. 1926 – 2013 (87 years old)

Robert Carl Holland was an American economist who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1973 to 1976.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Stephen Resnick

United States

c. 1939 – 2013 (74 years old)

Stephen Alvin Resnick was an American Marxist economist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Gerda Lerner

United States

c. 1921 – 2013 (92 years old)

Gerda Hedwig Lerner was an Austrian-born American historian and woman's history author. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Karel Čáslavský

Switzerland

c. 1938 – 2013 (75 years old)

Karel Čáslavský was a Czech film historian and television host. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Jacques Barzun

Jacques Martin Barzun

France

1907 – 2012 (104 years old)

French-American cultural historian and philosopher of education who served as Provost of Columbia University and authored the monumental bestseller From Dawn to Decadence at age ninety-two.

San Antonio, United States

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Claude Lefort

France

1924 – 2010 (86 years old)

French political philosopher and disciple of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, famous for co-founding Socialisme ou Barbarie and theorizing the empty place of democratic power.

Paris, France

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Mohammed Arkoun

محمد أركون

Algeria

1928 – 2010 (82 years old)

Renowned Algerian philosopher, historian of Islamic thought, and professor at the Sorbonne who pioneered 'Applied Islamology', deconstructing both theological fundamentalism and Western orientalist dogmas.

Algiers, Algeria

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Dr. Abdelkader Djeghloul

عبد القادر جغلو

Algeria

1946 – 2010 (64 years old)

Prominent Algerian sociologist and historian whose works examined the origins of Algerian modern identity, Ibn Khaldun's sociology, and Maghreb cultural mutations.

Oran, Algeria

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Mohammed Abed al-Jabri

محمد عابد الجابري

Morocco

1935 – 2010 (74 years old)

Foremost modern Moroccan philosopher whose monumental four-volume 'Critique of Arab Reason' provided the most rigorous epistemological deconstruction of Arab-Islamic intellectual history.

Casablanca, Morocco

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Mustafa Mahmud

مصطفى محمود

Egypt

1921 – 2009 (87 years old)

Renowned Egyptian philosopher, physician, and intellectual who authored over 80 books reconciling modern quantum physics with Islamic metaphysics, hosting 400 episodes of the iconic television program Science and Faith.

6th of October City, Egypt

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Abdelkebir Khatibi

عبد الكبير الخطيبي

Morocco

1938 – 2009 (71 years old)

Moroccan philosopher, sociologist, and novelist who formulated the concept of the 'double critique' (la double critique), challenging both Western ethnocentrism and traditional Arab patriarchal authoritarianism.

Rabat, Morocco

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Paul Ricoeur

Jean Paul Gustave Ricœur

France

1913 – 2005 (92 years old)

French philosopher who bridged French phenomenology and German hermeneutics, celebrated for his monumental studies on metaphor, narrative time (Time and Narrative), and personal identity (Oneself as Another).

Chatenay-Malabry (Paris), France

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Hisham Sharabi

هشام شرابي

Palestine

30 June 1927 – 13 January 2005 (77 years old)

Distinguished Palestinian sociologist and cultural critic who formulated the concept of 'neopatriarchy' in modern Arab society.

Beirut, Lebanon

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Jacques Derrida

جاك دريدا

Algeria

1930 – 2004 (74 years old)

World-renowned philosopher born and raised in El Biar, Algeria, who founded the revolutionary philosophy of 'Deconstruction', fundamentally transforming modern philosophy, literary criticism, and legal theory.

Paris (Essonne), France

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