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Perry Anderson

British historian · United Kingdom · Writers · Born 1938 · age 88

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Francis Rory Peregrine "Perry" Anderson is a British intellectual, political philosopher, historian and essayist. His work ranges across historical sociology, intellectual history, and cultural analysis. Anderson's early work was more theoretical, concerned with working out problems in historical materialism.

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2007“Self-satisfaction is scarcely unfamiliar in Europe.”In their words20 September 2007London Review of Books, 20 September 2007

“Putin’s control of the media is becoming more and more comprehensive. What is left over, that ownership does not ensure, self-censorship increasingly neuters.”In their words25 January 2007London Review of Books Vol, 25 January 2007

2005“Polemical zeal can produce an fixation on the other side, or sides, of purely hostile intent.”In their wordsForeword, p. xi

“The classical legacies of political thought, from Plato to Nietzsche, and the immediate tasks of running the world, at home and abroad, have been of most concern to the Right.”In their wordsForeword, p. xiii

“The - now shop-worn - label of ‘magical realism’ is customarily applied to Márquez’s novels. It has never fitted Vargas Llosa, who disavows the adjective.”In their wordsCh 10. "Tropical Recall: Gabriel García Márquez" (2005)

“The Violencia that ravaged Colombia for the next decade, pitting Liberals against the ruling Conservatives, took 200,000 lives - a catastrophe worse than any endured in Peru.”In their wordsCh. 10. "Tropical Recall: Gabriel García Márquez" (2005)

1938Born11 September 1938

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  1. Self-satisfaction is scarcely unfamiliar in Europe.

    Sep 20, 2007, London Review of Books, 20 September 2007, Own words

  2. What kind of political order, then, is taking shape in Europe, 15 years after Maastricht?

    Sep 20, 2007, London Review of Books, 20 September 2007, Own words

  3. Putin’s control of the media is becoming more and more comprehensive. What is left over, that ownership does not ensure, self-censorship increasingly neuters.

    Jan 25, 2007, London Review of Books Vol, 25 January 2007, Own words

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Francis Rory Peregrine "Perry" Anderson is a British intellectual, political philosopher, historian and essayist. His work ranges across historical sociology, intellectual history, and cultural analysis. Anderson's early work was more theoretical, concerned with working out problems in historical materialism. His mature work is marked by a concern with intellectual biographies and national histories.

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Born 1938 · age 88

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