22.0% of matchups won
250 matchups
Elo 1324
tracked 2025/05/24 → 2026/07/13
mission: Critique of culture and reality · Cultural theory · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing21%
picked as helping wellbeing
210 matchups
25%
picked as hurting wellbeing
40 matchups
People are split on it.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day averageRelated
Similar people
01
Jacques Derrida
→
39.0% wins · French philosopher (1930–2004)
02
Walter Benjamin
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39.8% wins · German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
03
Michel Foucault
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43.6% wins · French philosopher (1926–1984)
04
Mark Fisher
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39.9% wins · British cultural theorist (1968-2017)
05
Jack Lang
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67.9% wins · French politician
Known for
- Simulacra and Simulation
- The Gulf War Did Not Take Place
- Hyperreality concept
- Critique of consumerism
- Key postmodern theorist
Based on 250 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/07/13. Full rankings ·
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