Ka taƙaita labarin:  Russell Brand an zabe shi a matsayin na hudu mafi girma a duniya tunani da masu karatu na ilimi mujallar Prospect. Dan wasan barkwanci da ya zama dan anarchist ya doke masu son kyautar Nobel ta zaman lafiya Henry Kissinger da mai karɓar kyautar Booker Hilary Mantel don sanya shi cikin jerin manyan mutane goma masu tasiri. Bayyana jerin masu tunani na duniya a cikin sabon fitowar ta, Prospect ya bayyana Brand a matsayin'shugaban ruhaniya na matasa masu adawa da jari hujja na Burtaniya'. Russell Brand an zabe shi a matsayin na hudu mafi girma a duniya tunani da masu karatu na wani ilimi mujallar. Amma mujallar tana fuskantar ba'a don haɗa da mai juyin juya halin kansa a cikin jerin fitattun masana falsafa, masana tattalin arziki da marubuta. Drayton Bird ya rubuta a shafin Twitter: 'Bayan abin dariya: idan wannan wawa babban mai tunani ne, to kuri'ata ta tafi Peppa Pig.' Tim Walker ya daɗa: 'Kusan ƙarni ɗaya da ya shige, ana ɗaukan Bertrand Russell a matsayin babban mai tunani. Yanzu, abin dariya, shi ne Russell Brand. ' Marlowe ya wallafa a shafinsa na Twitter cewa: 'Russell Brand babban mai tunani ne??? Sun ji wani ya ce 'karamin tinker'.' Yayin da marubucin David Oldroyd-Bolt ya kara da cewa: 'Abin takaici ne kwarai da gaske. Russell Brand? (Wani mutum mai suna Russell Brand) Babu wani abu fiye da Dickensian demagogue. ' Mai gabatar da shirye-shiryen talabijin da rediyo Brand, wanda ya rasa sararin Radio 2 saboda kiran da ake yi wa dan wasan kwaikwayo Andrew Sachs, ya yi suna a tsaye. Brand ya shiga cikin irin Hilary Mantel da Henry Kissinger a cikin jerin manyan mutane 50. Amma yunkurin na miliyon ya sake sakewa kansa a matsayin mai juyin juya halin anti-capitalist ya gan shi ana zarginsa da munafurci. A watan Disambar da ya gabata Simon Cowell ya yi masa lakabi da'munafuki' bayan ya zargi dan wasan barkwancin da karɓar manyan albashi na fim na Hollywood yayin da yake yaƙin neman zaɓe a kan tsarin siyasar Burtaniya. A cewar Mirror, mashahurin mawaƙin ya gaya wa Russell ya ba da albashinsa na miliyoyin fam idan yana shirin ci gaba da kamfen ɗin sa. Brand ya fuskanci karin tashin hankali a wannan watan lokacin da ya shiga zanga-zangar adawa da hauhawar kudin haya a London duk da cewa yana zaune a cikin gida mai daraja £ 2million mallakar wani kamfani da ke zaune a cikin haraji. Tauraruwar,
An tantance dan wasan barkwanci Russell Brand a matsayin na hudu mafi girman tunani a duniya. Mujallar Prospect ta tambayi masu karatu su zabi mafi kyawun kwakwalwa. Sauran a cikin manyan goma sune masana tattalin arziki, masana falsafa da likitan Amurka. Amma matsayin Brand a cikin'manyan masu tunani' ya zama abin ba'a a yanar gizo.