Perry Anderson
Perry Anderson | |
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Born | Francis Rory Peregrine Anderson 11 September 1938 (age 85) London, England |
Occupation(s) | Historian and political essayist |
Spouse | |
Relatives | Benedict Anderson (brother) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford |
Academic work | |
School or tradition | New Left |
Francis Rory Peregrine "Perry" Anderson (born 11 September 1938) is a British intellectual, historian and essayist. His work ranges across historical sociology, intellectual history, and cultural analysis. What unites Anderson's work is a preoccupation with Western Marxism.[citation needed]
Anderson is perhaps best known as the moving force behind the New Left Review. He is Professor of History and Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Anderson has written many books, most recently Brazil Apart: 1964-2019 and The H-Word: The Peripeteia of Hegemony. He is the brother of political scientist Benedict Anderson (1936–2015).
Background and early life
Anderson was born in London on 11 September 1938.
Anderson's mother, Veronica Beatrice Mary Bigham, was English,
Anderson was educated at Eton and Worcester College, Oxford, where he took his first degree.[12]
Early in his life, Anderson made a brief foray into
Career
In 1962 Anderson became editor of the
In the 1980s, Anderson took office as a professor at the
Influence and criticism
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Anderson bore the brunt of the disapproval of
While Anderson faced many attacks in his native Britain for favouring continental European philosophers over British thinkers, he did not spare
Works
- Passages From Antiquity to Feudalism (1974). London: New Left Books. ISBN 090230870X.
- Lineages of the Absolutist State (1974). London: New Left Books. ISBN 0902308165.
- Considerations on Western Marxism (1976). London: Verso. ISBN 0860917207.
- Arguments within English Marxism (1980). London: Verso. ISBN 0860917274.
- In the Tracks of Historical Materialism (1983). London: Verso. ISBN 0860910768.
- English Questions (1992). London: Verso. ISBN 0860913759.
- A Zone of Engagement (1992). London: Verso. ISBN 0860913775.
- The Origins of Postmodernity (1998). London: Verso. ISBN 1859842224.
- Spectrum: From Right to Left in the World of Ideas (2005). London: Verso. ISBN 1859845274.
- ISBN 9781844673124.
- ISBN 9788188789924.
- American Foreign Policy and Its Thinkers (2014). London: Verso. ISBN 178168667X.
- The H-Word: The Peripeteia of Hegemony (2017). London: Verso. ISBN 978-1786633682.
- The Antinomies of Antonio Gramsci (2017). London: Verso. ISBN 978-1786633729.
- Brazil Apart: 1964-2019 (2019). London: Verso. ISBN 978-1788737944
- Ever Closer Union?: Europe in the West (2021). London: Verso. ISBN 9781839764417.
- Different Speeds, Same Furies: Powell, Proust and other Literary Forms (2022). London: Verso. ISBN 9781804290798.
References
- ISBN 978-0-8166-2966-4.
- ^ Sir Bernard Burke, Peter Townsend, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry (1969), p. 41
- ^ a b Perry Anderson, A Belated Encounter (Anderson's short biography of his father James)
- ^ "Journal of the Old Waterford Society 1994" (PDF). P. 7, para. 9.
- ^ Burke, Bernard; Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (29 August 1912). "A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland". London : Harrison – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "The Influence of Benedict Anderson".</
- ^ a b James Frost, "The History and Topography of the County of Clare – Pedigree of MacGorman (O'Gorman)", Clare County Library.
- ^ "The History and Topography of the County of Clare – Ui Bracain...", Clare County Library.
- ^ "John O'Hart, Irish Pedigree's, or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation". Dublin, J. Duffy and Co.; New York, Benziger Brothers. 1892.
- ^ Madden, Richard Robert (29 August 1858). "The United Irishmen, their lives and times. With several additional memoirs, and authentic documents, heretofore unpublished; the whole matter newly arranged and revised. 2d series". Dublin, J. Duffy – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Kieran Sheedy, "The United Irishmen of County Clare", County Clare – Historical Essays.
- ^ Gregory Elliott (1998), Perry Anderson: The Merciless Laboratory of History, University of Minnesota Press, p. 1.
- ISBN 0816629668.
Prudence was displayed in the use of a pseudonym for two Andersonian forays onto the terrain of rock music, under the signature of Richard Merton, who opted for the Stones rather than the Beatles, and the Beach Boys rather than Bob Dylan.
- ^ ISBN 063114708X.
- ^ London Review of Books (2012). "Perry Anderson in the LRB Archive". LRB Ltd. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ UCLA Department of History (2012). "Perry R. Anderson, UCLA Faculty". UCLA. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ Anderson, Perry (January–February 1966). "Socialism and pseudo-empiricism". New Left Review. I (35). New Left Review: 2–42.
Further reading
- Paul Blackledge, Perry Anderson, Marxism, and the New Left. Merlin Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-85036-532-0.
- Alex Callinicos, 'Perry Anderson and Western Marxism', International Socialism, 23 (1984).
- Colletti, Lucio (July–August 1974). "A political and philosophical interview". New Left Review. I (86). New Left Review.
- Gregory Elliott, Perry Anderson: The Merciless Laboratory of History. University of Minnesota Press, 1998. ISBN 978-0-8166-2966-4.
- Merton, Richard (January–February 1968). "Comment on Beckett's 'Stones'". New Left Review. 1 (47) – via newleftreview.org. A commentary on the Rolling Stones, in particular songs from their 1966–67 LPs Aftermath and Between the Buttons.