Nations and Nationalism by Ernest Gellner

Nations and Nationalism by Ernest Gellner

This thoughtful and penetrating book, addressed to political scientists, sociologists, historians, and anthropologists, interprets nationalism in terms of its social roots, which it locates in industrial social organization. Professor Gellner asserts here that a society's affluence and economic growth depend on innovation, occupational mobility, the effectiveness of the mass media, universal literacy, and an all-embracing educational system based on a shared, standard idiom. These factors, taken together, govern the relationship between culture and the state. Political units that do not conform to the principle, "one state, one culture" feel the strain in the form of nationalistic activity.

Prior to his death in 1995, the late Professor Gellner headed the Centre for the Study of Nationalism, part of the Central European University in Prague.

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ISBN 13	9780801492631
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Titre	Nations and Nationalism
Auteur	Ernest Gellner
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Cornell University Press
Année de publication	1983-10-31
Nombre de pages	170
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