Bibliograph

Nations and nationalism, Ernest Gellner ; introduction by John Breuilly

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Nations and nationalism, Ernest Gellner ; introduction by John Breuilly

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nations and nationalism

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

228371603

Responsibility statement

Ernest Gellner ; introduction by John Breuilly

Series statement

New perspectives on the pastCornell paperbacks

Summary

Drawing upon a range of disciplines, including philosophy, anthropology, sociology, politics and history, this work argues that nationalism is an inescapable consequence of modernity

Table Of Contents

Definitions: State and nation ; The Nation -- Culture in agrarian society: Power and culture in the agro-literature society ; The state in agrarian society ; The varieties of agrarian rulers -- Industrial society: The society of perpetual growth ; Social genetics ; The age of universal high culture -- The transition to an age of nationalism: A note on the weakness of nationalism ; Wild and garden cultures -- What is a nation?; The course of true nationalism never did run smooth -- Social entropy and equality in industrial society: Obstacles to entropy ; Fissures and barriers ; A diversity of focus -- A typology of nationalisms: The varieties of nationalist experience ; Diaspora nationalism -- The future of nationalism: Industrial culture : one or many? -- Nationalism and ideology: Who is for Nuremberg? ; One nation, one state -- Conclusion: What is not being said ; Summary

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