Perry anderson biography

1. Biography of Perry Anderson
2. Contributions to Western Marxism
3. Critique of Postmodernism

Biography of Perry Anderson

Perry Anderson is a British-American historian, sociologist, and political scientist, known as one of the leading Marxist intellectuals of our time and one of the main theorists of the "New Left" movement.

He is the brother of historian Benedict Anderson. Anderson spent part of his childhood in China, where his father worked in customs. During World War II, the family moved to the United States, and later relocated to southern Ireland.

Benedict anderson

He is a graduate of Worcester College, Oxford University, where he pursued a wide range of interests from philosophy to the study of Russian and French languages. Currently, he is a professor of history and sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

He has served as the editor of the influential Marxist publication "New Left Review