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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 …
Encounters with Nationalism
The forecast demise of nationalism under the new moral orders of communism and internationalism has proved illusory. In the present century, to an extent greater perhaps than in …
Spectacles and Predicaments
This collection of essays is concerned with philosophy, politics and society. The first group examines what philosophers such as Hegel, Wittgenstein and Chomsky have said or …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
Islamic Dilemmas: Reformers, Nationalists and Industrialization
The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions …
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 …
Language and Solitude
Ernest Gellner (1925–1995) has been described as ‘one of the last great central European polymath intellectuals’. His last book throws new light on two leading thinkers of their …
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 …
Culture, Identity, and Politics
Essays exploring the relationship between culture and politics in the modern world.