Nations and Nationalism

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Cornell University Press, 2008 - Business & Economics - 152 pages

"The second edition of this canonical text comes with a compelling introduction by John Breuilly which revists Gellner's theory in the light of contemporary debates on nationalism."
―Umut ÖzkÄrÄmlÄ, Istanbul Bilgi University

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 important work on nationalism since 1983.

 

Contents

About the Authors
vii
Introduction John Breuilly
xiii
Culture in Agrarian Society
8
Industrial Society
19
The Transition to an Age of Nationalism
38
Social Entropy and Equality in Industrial Society
62
A Typology of Nationalisms
85
The Future of Nationalism
106
Nationalism and Ideology
118
Conclusion
131
Select Bibliography
137
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About the author (2008)

The late Ernest Gellner (1925-1995) was Director of the Centre for the Study of Nationalism, part of the Central European University, in Prague. His many books included Plough, Sword and Book: The Structure of Human History, Conditions of Liberty: Civil Society and Its Rivals, and Language and Solitude: Wittgenstein, Malinowski and the Habsburg Dilemma. John Breuilly is Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics. His books include The Formation of the First German Nation-State, 1800-1871 and Nationalism and the State.

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