Yes, Benedict Anderson was a political scientist

Benedict Richard O’Gorman Anderson, the Aaron L. Binenkorb professor emeritus of international studies, government and Asian studies at Cornell University, died on Dec. 13 in Indonesia. He was 79. Anderson is perhaps most famously known for his book, “Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism,” which was first published in 1983, and has since been translated into 35 languages and sold more than a quarter million copies. (The publisher Verso has published the introduction to “Imagined Communities” online.) The following appreciation of Anderson’s life and work was written by Patricio N. Abinales, professor of Asian studies at the University of Hawaii. Benedict “Ben” Anderson was Patricio’s dissertation adviser and mentor at Cornell’s Government Department.