Ernest Gellner : an intellectual biography / John A. Hall.
Ernest Gellner : an intellectual biography / John A. Hall.
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London ; New York : Verso, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N199.4371/1
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English
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xii, 400 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Malign Fates -- 2. A New Start -- 3. Moving Into Position -- 4. Concepts and Society -- 5. Gellner's Philosophy -- 6. Components of a Career -- 7. Knowledge and Illusion -- 8. The Shape of History -- 9. The Sociology of Islam -- 10. A General Theory of Nationalism -- 11. Cambridge and Prague.
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London ; New York : Verso, 2010.
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England
Date Published
2010.
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"Ernest Gellner (1925-95) was a multilingual polymath and a public intellectual who set the agenda in the study of nationalism and the sociology of Islam. Having grown up in Paris, Prague, and England, he was one of the last great Jewish thinkers from Central Europe to experience directly the impact of the Holocaust. His intellectual trajectory dif...
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Ernest Gellner : an intellectual biography / John A. Hall.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N199.4371/1
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74VvMaly8lqO
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1844676021 (hbk.)
9781844676026 (hbk.)
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199.4371
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991007184169702626
