This paper is to discuss Andersons power structure thoughtFrom the study of history and reality in the western society, Anderson put forward a “concrete typological” power mode of explanation based on the historical materialism, and according to the explanation mode, he analyzed the “triangular topography” model of the British power structureMeanwhile, in the explanation of the bourgeois power structure in the west, Anderson revealed the contradictions which contained in Gramscis hegemonic theory, and then gave his holistic theory, which is economy is the fundament, culture is dominant, and politics is decisiveWe have to say, the “typological” power theory contains a deep structuralism consciousness and thought, its also a concretely historical and realistic combination; therefore, it transcends structuralism and towards the historical materialism explanation