A life beyond the boundaries

"An intellectual memoir by the author of the acclaimed Imagined Communities. Benedict Anderson is one of the leading historians of nationalism and Southeast Asia. His seminal book Imagined Communities has changed the way we think about the reason that people live, die and kill in the name of na...

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Other Authors: Anderson, Benedict R. O'G. 1936-2015, author (author), Pons, Horacio, traductor (traductor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Verso 2016.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Tezontle
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Summary:"An intellectual memoir by the author of the acclaimed Imagined Communities. Benedict Anderson is one of the leading historians of nationalism and Southeast Asia. His seminal book Imagined Communities has changed the way we think about the reason that people live, die and kill in the name of nationhood. Born in China, Anderson spent his childhood in California and Ireland, was educated in England and finally found a home at Cornell University, where he immersed himself in the growing field of Southeast Asian studies. After field work in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, he was banned from Suharto's Indonesia for disputing the legitimacy of the 1965 coup. In his memoir, he brings to life the intellectual formation of a life spent open to the world, resisting the easy comforts of imagined homes: the joys of learning languages; the importance of field work; the influence of the New Left upon global thinking; and the satisfactions of teaching"--
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (101 pages)
ISBN:9789877191462
9789877191899
9781784784577
9781784784553