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Nations and nationalism / Ernest Gellner ; introduction by John Breuilly

By: Contributor(s): Series: New perspectives on the pastPublication details: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2008, 1983Edition: Second editionDescription: liii, 152 pages ; viii, 150 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780801475009 (pbk.)
  • 0801475007 (pbk.)
  • 0801492637
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.54 23
LOC classification:
  • JC311 .G483 2008
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.
Summary: 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 over the past two decades, and a bibliography of...
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Originally published as hbk.: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2006.
First printing 1983.
Fifth printing 1993.

"Bibliography of Ernest Gellner's writings on nationalism / Ian Jarvie": (pages 142-147)

Includes bibliographical references (pages [137]-141) and index.

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.

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 over the past two decades, and a bibliography of...

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