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Nations and nationalism / Ernest Gellner ; introduction by John Breuilly.
Series: Cornell paperbacks | New perspectives on the pastPublication details: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2008.Edition: 2nd edDescription: liii, 152 p. : ill. ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780801475009 (pbk.)
- 0801475007 (pbk.)
- 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.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | JC 311 .G483 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Copy Type:01 - Books | Available | 604404 |
Originally published as hbk.: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2006.
"Bibliography of Ernest Gellner's writings on nationalism / Ian Jarvie": p. 142-147.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.
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