TY - JOUR
AU1 - Breuilly, John
AB - J O URNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION bs_bs_banner NATIONS AND AS FOR THE STUDY OF ETHNICITY EN AND NATIONALISM NATIONALISM Nations and Nationalism 22 (4), 2016, 625–659. DOI: 10.1111/nana.12236 Benedict Anderson’s Imagined Communities: a symposium JOHN BREUILLY London School of Economics, UK Introduction Benedict (Ben) Anderson died in Java on 12 December 2015 at the age of 79. His book Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (henceforth IC) is the best known single work in nationalism studies. In this symposium six academics consider the impact of IC upon different disciplines. Here I establish background with brief remarks on Anderson’s life and academic career and about IC. Anderson was born in August 1936 in Kunming, south-west China, on the eve of the Japanese invasion of northern China. His father, James Carew O’Gorman Anderson, was a senior official in the Chinese Maritime Customs. In 1941 Anderson, his wife and their three children started back for his native Ireland but were stuck in the USA until 1945 when the journey home was com- pleted. His father died in 1946. Schooling in Ireland was followed by Eton and then Cambridge where Ben Anderson took a degree in classical studies. He 
TI - Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities: a symposium
JF - Nations and Nationalism
DO - 10.1111/nana.12236
DA - 2016-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/benedict-anderson-s-imagined-communities-a-symposium-PWXEpnZAP7
SP - 625
EP - 659
VL - 22
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -