Nations and nationalism /
Gellner, Ernest
Nations and nationalism / Ernest Gellner ; introduction by John Breuilly. - 2nd ed. - p. cm. - New perspectives on the past .
Definitions. State and nation. The Nation -- Culture in agrarian society. Power and culture in the agro-literature 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 culture -- 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.
9781405134422 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405134429 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2005031819
Industrialization
Nationalism
JC311 / .G483 2006
Nations and nationalism / Ernest Gellner ; introduction by John Breuilly. - 2nd ed. - p. cm. - New perspectives on the past .
Definitions. State and nation. The Nation -- Culture in agrarian society. Power and culture in the agro-literature 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 culture -- 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.
9781405134422 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405134429 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2005031819
Industrialization
Nationalism
JC311 / .G483 2006
