The state of the nation : Ernest Gellner and the theory of nationalism / edited by John A. Hall.
| Other author | Hall, John A., 1949- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998. |
| Description | vii, 317 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Thoughts about change: Ernest Gellner and the history of nationalism / Roman Szporluk -- Ernest Gellner's diagnoses of nationalism: a critical overview, or, what is living and what is dead in Ernest Gellner's philosophy of nationalism? / Brendan O'Leary -- Real and constructed: the nature of the nation / Miroslav Hroch -- The curse of rurality: limits of modernisation theory / Tom Nairn -- Nationalism and language: a post-Soviet perspective / David Laitin -- Ernest Gellner's theory of nationalism: some definitional and methodological issues / Nicos Mouzelis -- Nationalisms that bark and nationalisms that bite: Ernest Gellner and the substantiation of nations / Mark Beissinger -- Nationalism and modernity / Charles Taylor -- Modern multinational democracies: transcending a Gellnerian oxymoron / Alfred Stepan -- Nationalism and civil society in central Europe: from Ruritania to the Carpathian Euroregion / Chris Hann -- From here to modernity: Ernest Gellner on nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism / Dale F. Eickelman -- Myths and misconceptions in the study of nationalism / Rogers Brubaker -- Bibliography of Ernest Gellner's writings on nationalism. |
| Local note | Little-311918--305131020655V |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 97052663 |
| ISBN | 0521633249 |
| ISBN | 0521633664 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | JC311 .S77 1998 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |