Nations and nationalism /
Gellner, Ernest
Nations and nationalism / Ernest Gellner ; introduction by John Breuilly. - 2nd ed. - Malden, etc. : Blackwell Publishing, 2006. - liii, 152 p. ; 23 cm. - New perspectives on the past .
Includes index.
Pt. 1. Definitions. State ; The nation --
Pt. 2. Culture in agrarian society. Power and culture in the agro-literate polity ; Culture ; The State in the agrarian society ; The varieties of agrarian rulers --
Pt. 3. Industrial society. The society of perpetual growth ; Social Genetics ; The age of universal high culture --
Pt. 4. The transition to the Age of Nationalism. A note on the weakness of nationalism ; Wild and garden cultures --
Pt. 5. What is a nation? The course of true nationalism never did run smooth --
Pt. 6. Social entropy and equality in industrial society. Obstacles to entropy ; Fissures and barriers ; A diversity of focus --
Pt. 7. A typology of nationalisms. The varieties of nationalist experience ; Diaspora nationalism --
Pt. 8. The future of nationalism. Industrial culture - one or many? --
Pt. 9. Nationalism and ideology. Who is the Nuremberg? ; One nation, one state --
Pt. 10. Conclusion. What is not being said ; Summary.
Ernest Gellner's Nations and Nationalism provides one of the most powerful and original interpretations of the modern nationalism. Drawing upon a range of disciplines, including philosophy, anthropology, sociology, politics and history, Gellner argues that nationalism is an inescapable consequence of modernity.
For this new edition, John Breuilly provides a substantial introduction, analyzing Gellner's arguments and tracing and evaluating the ways in which the field has changed over the past two decades. Suggestions for further reading have been updated.
9781405134422
Nationalism
Industrialization
320.54
Nations and nationalism / Ernest Gellner ; introduction by John Breuilly. - 2nd ed. - Malden, etc. : Blackwell Publishing, 2006. - liii, 152 p. ; 23 cm. - New perspectives on the past .
Includes index.
Pt. 1. Definitions. State ; The nation --
Pt. 2. Culture in agrarian society. Power and culture in the agro-literate polity ; Culture ; The State in the agrarian society ; The varieties of agrarian rulers --
Pt. 3. Industrial society. The society of perpetual growth ; Social Genetics ; The age of universal high culture --
Pt. 4. The transition to the Age of Nationalism. A note on the weakness of nationalism ; Wild and garden cultures --
Pt. 5. What is a nation? The course of true nationalism never did run smooth --
Pt. 6. Social entropy and equality in industrial society. Obstacles to entropy ; Fissures and barriers ; A diversity of focus --
Pt. 7. A typology of nationalisms. The varieties of nationalist experience ; Diaspora nationalism --
Pt. 8. The future of nationalism. Industrial culture - one or many? --
Pt. 9. Nationalism and ideology. Who is the Nuremberg? ; One nation, one state --
Pt. 10. Conclusion. What is not being said ; Summary.
Ernest Gellner's Nations and Nationalism provides one of the most powerful and original interpretations of the modern nationalism. Drawing upon a range of disciplines, including philosophy, anthropology, sociology, politics and history, Gellner argues that nationalism is an inescapable consequence of modernity.
For this new edition, John Breuilly provides a substantial introduction, analyzing Gellner's arguments and tracing and evaluating the ways in which the field has changed over the past two decades. Suggestions for further reading have been updated.
9781405134422
Nationalism
Industrialization
320.54