Nations and nationalism/ Ernest Gellner
Material type: TextSeries: (New perspectives on the past)Publication details: Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2006Edition: 2nd edDescription: liii, 152 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 9781405134422Subject(s): Nationalism | IndustrializationDDC classification: 320.54Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 320.54 GEL/N (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 20/10/2021 | P02143 |
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Editor's preface to the first edition / R.I. Moore --
Introduction / John Breuilly --
Definitions. State and nation ; The nation --
Culture in agrarian society. Power and culture in the agro-literate polity ; Culture ; The state in agrarian 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 cultures --
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 --
Conclusion. What is not being said ; Summary.
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