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Perry Anderson
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Anderson in 2012
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Francis Rory Peregrine Anderson
11 September 1938 (age 86) London, England
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| Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Historian and political essayist |
| Spouse(s) |
Juliet Mitchell
(m. 1962; div. 1972) |
| Relatives | Benedict Anderson (brother) |
Francis Rory Peregrine "Perry" Anderson (born 11 September 1938) is a well-known British thinker, historian, and writer. He writes about history, politics, and culture. A big part of his work looks at how Western Marxism has developed.
Anderson is perhaps most famous for leading the New Left Review magazine. He is a Professor of History and Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He has written many books. Some of his recent works include Different Speeds, Same Furies and Disputing Disaster. His brother was the political scientist Benedict Anderson.
Early Life and Family
Perry Anderson was born in London, England, on September 11, 1938. His father, James Carew O'Gorman Anderson, worked for the Chinese Maritime Customs. His father came from an Anglo-Irish family.
Anderson's mother, Veronica Beatrice Mary Bigham, was English. Her father, Trevor Bigham, was a high-ranking police official in London. Perry Anderson's grandmother, Frances, was from an old Irish family. Her father, Major Purcell O'Gorman, was involved in Irish politics.
Anderson went to Eton College and then to Worcester College, Oxford for his university studies. When he was younger, he even wrote a bit about rock music under the name Richard Merton.
Career Highlights
In 1962, Anderson became the editor of the New Left Review magazine. He held this important role for twenty years. This magazine was a key voice for the "New Left" movement, which looked at new ways of thinking about politics and society.
In 1974, he published two major history books. Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism explored how feudal societies were formed and lasted. His other book, Lineages of the Absolutist State, looked at monarchies where kings had complete power. These books covered European history from ancient times up to the 1800s. They became very important because they combined history, philosophy, and political ideas.
In the 1980s, Anderson became a professor at the New School for Social Research in New York City. He returned to edit New Left Review again in 2000 for three more years. Even after retiring, he stayed involved with the magazine. As of 2019, he still writes for the London Review of Books. He also teaches as a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Main Books
Here are some of the books Perry Anderson has written:
- Passages From Antiquity to Feudalism (1974)
- Lineages of the Absolutist State (1974)
- Considerations on Western Marxism (1976)
- The Antinomies of Antonio Gramsci (1976)
- Arguments within English Marxism (1980)
- In the Tracks of Historical Materialism (1983)
- English Questions (1992)
- A Zone of Engagement (1992)
- The Origins of Postmodernity (1998)
- Spectrum: From Right to Left in the World of Ideas (2005)
- The New Old World (2009)
- The Indian Ideology (2012)
- American Foreign Policy and Its Thinkers (2014)
- The H-Word: The Peripeteia of Hegemony (2017)
- Brazil Apart: 1964-2019 (2019)
- Ever Closer Union?: Europe in the West (2021)
- Different Speeds, Same Furies: Powell, Proust and other Literary Forms (2022)
- Disputing Disaster: A Sextet on the Great War (2024)
See also
In Spanish: Perry Anderson para niños
