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Benedict Anderson

1936 - 2015

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benedict Anderson is the 8th most popular political scientist (up from 11th in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from China (up from 257th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Political Scientist.

Benedict Anderson is most famous for his book "Imagined Communities," which discusses the significance of nationalism in the modern world.

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Among political scientists, Benedict Anderson ranks 8 out of 46. Before him are Étienne de La Boétie, Robert A. Dahl, Christian Lous Lange, Francis Fukuyama, Hans Morgenthau, and Aleksandr Dugin. After him are Georg Jellinek, Johan Galtung, Harold Lasswell, Ralf Dahrendorf, Joseph Nye, and Leonard Hobhouse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Benedict Anderson ranks 48. Before him are Buddy Holly, Michael Landon, Émile Lahoud, Yasuo Fukuda, Burt Reynolds, and B. J. Habibie. After him are Albert Finney, Kenneth G. Wilson, Kris Kristofferson, Ferid Murad, Frank Caprio, and Vyjayanthimala Bali. Among people deceased in 2015, Benedict Anderson ranks 41. Before him are Tariq Aziz, Maya Plisetskaya, Zito, Eduardo Galeano, Alcides Ghiggia, and Wes Craven. After him are Douglass North, Fatema Mernissi, James Last, Colleen McCullough, René Girard, and Günter Schabowski.

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Among people born in China, Benedict Anderson ranks 191 out of 1,610. Before him are Cao Xueqin (1724), Emperor Taizong of Song (939), King Wen of Zhou (-1112), Yuan Shu (155), Ban Gu (32), and Liu Hui (225). After him are Ma Chao (176), Han Yu (768), Lin Zexu (1785), King Wu of Zhou (-1150), Zhao Yun (168), and Wang Anshi (1021).

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS In China

Among political scientists born in China, Benedict Anderson ranks 1. 

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