Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Ernest Gellner
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Words and Things
When Ernest Gellner was his early thirties, he took it upon himself to challenge the prevailing philosophical orthodoxy of the day, Linguistic Philosophy. Finding a powerful ally …
Nations and Nationalism
First published in 1983, Nations and Nationalism remains one of the most influential explanations of the emergence of nationalism ever written. This updated edition of Ernest …
Mapping the Nation
In nearly two decades since Samuel P. Huntington proposed his influential and troubling 'clash of civilizations' thesis, nationalism has only continued to puzzle and frustrate …
Saints of the Atlas
Relativism and the Social Sciences
This volume of essays deals with the problem of relativism, in particular cultural relativism. If our society knows better than other societies, how do we know that it knows …
Culture, Identity, and Politics
Essays exploring the relationship between culture and politics in the modern world.
The Devil in Modern Philosophy
The essays in this volume gather together Gellner's thinking on the connection between philosophy and life and they approach the topic from a number of directions: philosophy of …
Muslim Society
Of all the great world religions, Islam appears to have the most powerful political appeal in the twentieth century. It sustains some severely traditional and conservative regimes, …
Ernest Gellner, Selected Philosophical Themes
Ernest Gellner made major contributions in very diverse fields, notably philosophy and social anthropology. His attacks on the orthodoxies of his time made it difficult for him to …
Liberalism in Modern Times
Essays that directly or indirectly pay tribute to the life and work of the late Brazilian essayist, thinker and diplomat, Jose G.Merquior.
Culture, Identity, and Politics
These essays explore the relationship between culture and politics in the modern world. They range in space from Iran to Algeria, and the eastern marchlands of Europe to the …
Postmodernism, Reason and Religion
First Published in 1992. On questions of faith, Ernest Gellner believes, three ideological options are available to us today. One is the return to a genuine and firm faith in a …