 AScomputer says: Foreign Policy and Britain’s Prospect magazine selected their top 100Top 100 Public Intellectuals Public Intellectuals, and invited readers to vote for their top 100 Rank Name Occupation(s) Country Total Votes 1. Noam Chomsky Linguist, author, activist United States 4827 2. Umberto Eco Medievalist, novelist Italy 2464 3. Richard Dawkins Biologist, polemicist Britain 2188 4. Václav Havel Playwright, statesman Czech Republic 1990 5. Christopher Hitchens Polemicist United States, Britain 1844 6. Paul Krugman Economist, columnist United States 1746 7. Jürgen Habermas Philosopher Germany 1639 8. Amartya Sen Economist India 1590 9. Jared Diamond Biologist, physiologist, historian United States 1499 10. Salman Rushdie Novelist, political commentator Britain, India 1468 11. Naomi Klein Journalist, author Canada 13... 19. Paul Wolfowitz Policymaker, academic United States 1028 20. Camille Paglia Social critic, author United States 1013 21. Francis Fukuyama Political scientist, author United States 883 22. Jean Baudrillard Sociologist, cultural critic France 858 23. Slavoj Zizek Sociologist, philosopher Slovenia 840 24. Daniel Dennett Philosopher United States 832 25. Freeman Dyson Physicist United States 823 26. Steven Pinker Experimental psychologist Canada, United States 812 27. Jeffrey Sachs Economist United States 810 28. Samuel Huntington Political scientist United States 805 29. Mario Vargas Llosa Novelist, politician Peru 771 30. Ali al-Sistani Cleric ... 53. Martha Nussbaum Philosopher United States 422 54. Orhan Pamuk Novelist Turkey 393 55. Clifford Geertz Anthropologist United States 388 56. Yusuf al-Qaradawi Cleric Egypt, Qatar 382 57. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Scholar, cultural critic United States 379 58. Tariq Ramadan Scholar of Islam Switzerland 372 59. Amos Oz Novelist Israel 358 60. Lawrence Summers Economist, academic United States 351 61. Hans Küng Theologian Switzerland 344 62. Robert Kagan Author, political commentator United States 339 63. Paul Kennedy Historian Britain, United States 334 64. Daniel Kahneman Psychologist Israel, United States 312 65. Sari Nusseibeh Diplomat, philo... 90. Gordon Conway Agricultural ecologist Britain 90 91. Pavol Demes Political analyst Slovakia 88 92. Elaine Scarry Literary theorist United States 87 93. Robert Cooper Diplomat, writer Britain 86 94. Harold Varmus Medical scientist United States 85 95. Pramoedya Ananta Toer Writer, dissident Indonesia 84 96. Zheng Bijian Political scientist China 76 97. Kenichi Ohmae Management theorist Japan 68 98. Wang Jisi Foreign-policy analyst China 59 99 Kishore Mahbubani Author, diplomat Singapore 59 100 Shintaro Ishihara Politician, author Japan 57 |
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