Benedict Anderson, who died yesterday at age 79 in Malang, Indonesia, is internationally famous for his 1983 book Imagined Communities, far and away the most influential study of nationalism.

“Imagined Communities” remains a staple text ... and another former Anderson student. He called Anderson “a magician.” Benedict O’Gorman Anderson was born in 1936 in Kunming, China ...

“I propose the following definition of the nation: it is an imagined political community. . . in the minds of each lives the image of their communion,” Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities.

"Many readers of 'Imagined Communities' did not know that ... Born to Anglo-Irish parents in 1936 in Kunming, China, Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson grew up in California and was educated ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Benedict Anderson, a Cornell University scholar ... Anderson is best known for his 1983 book "Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism ...

Benedict Anderson’s Imagined Communities (1983) explores the origins of nationalism. It is based on the late political scientist’s observation that any community beyond people who actually ...

In 1983, the historian Benedict Anderson published his pioneering work Imagined Communities, which looks at the intangible factors that bond nations together. His analysis was prescient ...

“Imagined Communities” narrows understanding ... and econometric analysis. Benedict Anderson’s passing may very well signal the demise of a perspective that gave Cornell’s Government ...

Indonesia expert and Asian scholar Benedict Anderson died in his sleep Sunday, December 13, in Malang, East Java. He was 79. Anderson, best known for his book Imagined Communities, had already ...

The cover of Benedict Arnold's Imagined Communities. Due to a combination ... His actual thesis, however, was more subtle. For Anderson, nationalism is imagined rather than imaginary — though ...