Perry Anderson

Perry Anderson
Anderson in 2012
Born
Francis Rory Peregrine Anderson

11 September 1938 (1938-09-11) (age 86)
London, England
Occupation(s)Historian and political essayist
Spouse
(m. 1962; div. 1972)
RelativesBenedict Anderson (brother)
Academic background
Alma materWorcester College, Oxford
Academic work
School or traditionNew Left

Francis Rory Peregrine "Perry" Anderson (born 11 September 1938) is a British intellectual, political philosopher, 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).