Author : Benedict Anderson
Release : 2016-04-29
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 559/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book A Life Beyond Boundaries written by Benedict Anderson. This book was released on 2016-04-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benedict Anderson was one of the most respected thinkers on the history of nationalism. His acclaimed Imagined Communities is one of the most cited works in social science. In A Life Beyond Boundaries, Anderson recounts a life spent open to the world. Born in China, he 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. Here he reveals the joys of learning languages, the importance of fieldwork, the pleasures of translation, the influence of the New Left on global thinking, the satisfactions of teaching, and a love of world literature. He discusses the ideas and inspirations behind his best-known works.