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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Titel	Nations and Nationalism
Autor	Ernest Gellner
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Cornell University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1983-10-31
Seitenanzahl	170
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