The Parallax View

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  • Richard Dawkins
  • Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

    Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

    Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher and an important figure of German idealism. He achieved wide renown in his day and, while primarily influential within the continental tradition of philosophy, has become increasingly influential in t...

  • Christopher Hitchens

    Christopher Hitchens

    Christopher Hitchens was a British-American author, journalist, and literary critic known for his sharp wit, polemical writing, and outspoken views on religion, politics, and culture. He was a prolific essayist and columnist, contributing to publications ...

  • Jonathan Alter
  • Daniel Dennett

    Daniel Dennett

    An American philosopher, writer and cognitive scientist whose research centers on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is currently t...

  • Jacques Lacan

    Jacques Lacan

    Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (UK: /læˈkɒ̃/,[3] US: /ləˈkɑːn/,[4][5] French: [ʒak maʁi emil lakɑ̃]; 13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud",[6] Lacan gave ...

  • Friedrich Engels

    Friedrich Engels

    Friedrich Engels (1820 - 1895), was a German philosopher, critic of political economy, historian, political theorist and revolutionary socialist. He was also a businessman, journalist and political activist, whose father was an owner of large textile fact...

  • Karl Marx

    Karl Marx

    Karl Marx (1818 - 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Marxs work in economics laid the basis for the current understanding of labour and its relation to capital, and has influen...