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  • Jean-Paul Sartre

    French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)

    Influenced 57

    Influenced by 6

  • Gilles Deleuze

    French philosopher (1925–1995)

    Influenced 33

    Influenced by 29

  • Michel Foucault

    French philosopher

    Influenced 32

    Influenced by 29

  • Vladimir Lenin

    Russian politician, communist theorist and the founder of the Soviet Union

    Influenced 20

    Influenced by 8

  • Jacques Derrida

    French philosopher (1930–2004)

    Influenced 16

    Influenced by 19

  • Walter Benjamin

    German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)

    Influenced 16

    Influenced by 5

  • Louis Althusser

    French Marxist philosopher (1918–1990)

    Influenced 12

    Influenced by 8

  • Antonio Gramsci

    Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 13

  • Friedrich Engels

    German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 7

  • Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

    French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809–1865)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 7

  • Hannah Arendt

    German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

    Influenced 10

    Influenced by 22

  • Theodor W. Adorno

    German philosopher, sociologist and theorist (1903–1969)

    Influenced 10

    Influenced by 5

  • Alain Badiou

    French writer and philosopher

    Influenced 9

    Influenced by 11

  • Georges Bataille

    French intellectual and literary figure

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 9

  • Joseph Stalin

    leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 2

  • Maurice Merleau-Ponty

    French phenomenological philosopher

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 3

  • Pierre Bourdieu

    French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (1930–2002)

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 16

  • Slavoj Žižek

    Slovenian philosopher (born 1949)

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 22

  • Benedetto Croce

    Italian philosopher (1866-1952)

    Influenced 7

    Influenced by 6

  • Georges Canguilhem

    French philosopher (1904-1995)

    Influenced 7

    Influenced by 13

  • Roland Barthes

    French philosopher and essayist

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 5

  • Jean Baudrillard

    French sociologist, philosopher and cultural theorist

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 10

  • Mikhail Bakunin

    Russian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher (1814–1876)

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 9

  • Antonio Labriola

    Italian philosopher (1843-1904)

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 3

  • Miguel de Unamuno

    Spanish poet

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 10

  • Alexandre Kojève

    Russian-born French philosopher and statesman

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 7

  • Fredric Jameson

    American academic and literary critic (born 1934)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 17

  • Raymond Aron

    French philosopher, sociologist, journalist, and political scientist (1905–1983)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 8

  • Antonio Negri

    Italian political philosopher (1933–2023)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 5

  • Che Guevara

    Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 3

  • François Laruelle

    French philosopher (1937-)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 9

  • Jacques Ellul

    French sociologist, technology critic, and Christian anarchist

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 7

  • Jean Hyppolite

    French philosopher

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 3

  • Sergei Bulgakov

    Russian Orthodox Christian theologian, philosopher, priest and economist (1871-1944)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 5

  • Sidney Hook

    American philosopher

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 4

  • André Gorz

    Austrian philosopher (1923-2007)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 8

  • David Harvey

    British geographer and anthropologist

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 1

  • Erich Fromm

    German sociologist and psychoanalyst

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 9

  • Erich Honecker

    former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1976-1989)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 4

  • Evald Ilyenkov

    Russian philosopher

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 9

  • Ferdinand Lassalle

    German jurist and socialist (1825–1864)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 2

  • Henry Hyndman

    English writer and politician (1842–1921)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 6

  • Karl Korsch

    German politician (1886-1961)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 2

  • Lucien Sève

    French philosopher and political activist

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 3

  • Merab Mamardashvili

    Georgian philosopher (1930-1990)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 7

  • Ray Brassier

    British philosopher

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 7

  • Svetozar Marković

    Serbian political activist, literary critic and philosopher (1846-1875)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 2

  • Terry Eagleton

    British writer, academic and educator

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 1

  • Aisiqi

    Yunnan Mongol Chinese philosopher and author (1910-1966)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Alexander Zinoviev

    Russian writer

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 7

  • Anton Pannekoek

    Dutch astronomer and Marxist theorist (1873-1960)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Arif Dirlik

    Turco-American historian

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Arno J. Mayer

    American historian, academic and intellectual

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Bernard Bernier

    Canadian anthropologist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Bernard Friot

    French sociologist (1947- )

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 5

  • Bernard Lahire

    French sociologist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 13

  • Bruno Kreisky

    Austrian diplomat and chancellor (1911–1990)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Carlos Astrada

    Argentine philosopher (1894-1970)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Christian Ruby

    French philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Edmund Wilson

    American writer, literary and social critic, and noted man of letters (1895-1972)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 10

  • Enver Hoxha

    former First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania, Prime Minister of Albania

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Eric Wolf

    American anthropologist (1923-1999)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Giovanni Arrighi

    Italian economist and sociologist (1937-2009)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Guillermo O'Donnell

    Argentine academic, political scientist and writer (1936-2011)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Harry Waton

    Russian-born American rabbi, kabbalist and philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Jaime Hurtado

    Ecuadorian politician and MPD's historical leader (1937-1999)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Joseph Gabel

    French philosopher and sociologist (1912-2004)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • José Rafael Herrera

    Writer and professor of Philosophy in Central University of Venezuela (UCV).

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 9

  • Kohei Saito

    Japanese philosopher and historian of economic thought

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Kostas Axelos

    Greek-French philosopher (1924-2010)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Ladislaus Bortkiewicz

    Russian economist and statistician

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Leszek Kołakowski

    Philosopher, historian of ideas

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 5

  • Li Minqi

    Chinese economist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Luboš Blaha

    Slovak politician

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 25

  • Lyubov Axelrod

    Russian philosopher (1868–1946)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Marcello Musto

    Canadian political scientist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Maurice Godelier

    French anthropologist (born 1934)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Michael Walzer

    American philosopher (born 1935)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 6

  • Mike Davis

    American writer, urban theorist, political activist, and historian from Southern California (1946-2022)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Mikhail Vasilyevich Popov

    Russian scientist in the fields of philosophy and economy

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Monique Pinçon-Charlot

    French sociologist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Natalia Moszkowska

    Polish economist (1886-1968)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Nikos Poulantzas

    Greek-French philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 8

  • Nildo Viana

    Brazilian sociologist and philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Pierre Raymond

    French philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 12

  • Rahul Sankrityayan

    Indian scholar and author (1893 – 1963)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Ralf Dahrendorf

    German-British sociologist, politician (1929–2009)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Steve Keen

    Australian economist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 8

  • Stuart Hall

    Jamaican-born British sociologist and cultural theorist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Thomas Piketty

    French economist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 12

  • Valentin Asmus

    Russian philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Valentino Gerratana

    Italian philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Vladimir Safatle

    Brazilian philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 8

  • Yuk Hui

    philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 6

  • Étienne Balibar

    French philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3