Encounters with nationalism

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In this exploration of the role of nationalism in this century, Gellner considers the ideas of modern thinkers on the subject, from Marx to Said. Covering Eastern, Western and Islamic societies, he discusses the themes of civil society, theocracy, communism, imperialism, capitalism and liberalism.

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Full title :Encounters with nationalism / Ernest Gellner.

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Publication Date:1994.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Blackwell
Place of Publication:Oxford [England]
Language:eng
Publication Date:1994.

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Description:xv, 208 pages ; : 23 cm

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ISBN:0631194797, 9780631194798, 0631194819, 9780631194811
oclc:ocm29795138
LC Classification:JC311
Dewey Decimal:320.5/4

1. Nationalism and Marxism -- 2. Nationalism and the International Order -- 3. From Kinship to Ethnicity -- 4. The Betrayal of the Universal -- 5. The Sacred and the National -- 6. A Non-nationalist Pole -- 7. Kemalism -- 8. Enlightenment Against Faith -- 9. The Price of Velvet: Tomas Masaryk and Vaclav Havel -- 10. Reborn from Below: The Forgotten Beginnings of the Czech National Revival -- 11. The Nazi Jew-lover -- 12. The Mightier Pen: The Double Standards of Inside-out Colonialism -- 13. From the Ruins of the Great Contest: Civil Society, Nationalism and Islam -- 14. An Alternative Vision.