Perry Anderson

Perry Anderson
Anderson in 2012
Born	Francis Rory Peregrine Anderson 11 September 1938 (1938-09-11) (age 85) London, England
Occupation(s)	Historian and political essayist
Spouse	Juliet Mitchell ​ ​ (m. 1962; div. 1972)​
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).