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Benedict Anderson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson, Benedict R. O'G. Anderson, Richard Benedict O'Gorman Anderson
American political scientist (1936-2015)
Benedict Anderson was an American political scientist who developed influential theories about how nations are formed and imagined by their citizens. His work matters because it fundamentally changed how scholars understand nationalism and national identity, moving beyond viewing nations as natural or ancient to seeing them as modern creations shaped by print technology and shared culture.
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- Born
- 26 August 1936
- Died
- 13 December 2015
- Works
- 60
Top works
- Ḳehiliyot medumyanot
- บ้านเมืองของเราลงแดง
- ชุมชนจินตกรรม
- Pramoedya Ananta Toer, politik & sastra
- al-Qawmīyah, maraḍ al-ʻaṣr am khalāṣuh?
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Key facts
- Born
- Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson , ( 1936-08-26 ) August 26, 1936, Kunming , Yunnan , Republic of China
- Died
- December 13, 2015 (2015-12-13) (aged 79), Batu , East Java , Indonesia
- Citizenship
- Ireland
- Alma mater
- King's College, Cambridge (BA), Cornell University (PhD)
- Known for
- Imagined communities
- Fields
- Political science , historical science
- Institutions
- Cornell University ( Professor Emeritus )
- Doctoral advisor
- George McTurnan Kahin
- Doctoral students
- John Sidel
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Anderson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Kunming
- Place of death
- Batu
- Sibling
- Perry Anderson
- Occupation
- author
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- King's College
- Employer
- Cornell University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- George McTurnan Kahin
- Field of work
- historiography
- Image
- Ben Anderson.png
- Work location
- Ithaca
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- date of birth
- 1936-08-26
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- date of death
- 2015-12-13
- birth name
- Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson
- interested in
- nationalism
- cause of death
- type 2 diabetes
- name in native language
- Benedict Anderson
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson (August 26, 1936 – December 13, 2015) was an Anglo-Irish political scientist and historian who lived and taught in the United States. Anderson is best known for his 1983 book Imagined Communities, which explored the origins of nationalism. A polyglot with an interest in Southeast Asia, he was the Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor of International Studies, Government & Asian Studies at Cornell University. His work on the "Cornell Paper" disputed the official story of Indonesia's 30 September Movement and the subsequent anti-Communist purges of 1965–1966 which led to his expulsion from that country. He was the elder brother of historian Perry Anderson.
Biography
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