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 Gellner's now-canonical work includes a new introductory essay from John Breuilly, tracing the way the field has evolved...

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Автор: Gellner, Ernest
Інші автори: Breuilly, John, 1946-
Формат: Книга
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2008, 1983
Редагування:Second edition
Серія:New perspectives on the past
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Зміст:
  • 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.