Perry Anderson Perry Anderson is on the editorial committee of New Left Review. He is the author of Lineages of the Absolutist State and several works on European history and Western Marxism. Social Democracy Today Against the Current, No 6, January/February 1987 Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print