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Ernest Gellner An Intellectual Biography

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ISBN-10: 1844677583

ISBN-13: 9781844677580

Edition: 2012

Authors: John A. Hall

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Ernest Gellner was a multilingual polymath, able to set the agenda in the study of nationalism and the sociology of Islam. In this definitive biography, particular attention is paid to his Prague roots, and to debates with Michael Oakeshott, Isaiah Berlin, Charles Taylor, Noam Chomsky, Edward Said, and many others.
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Book details

List price: $37.50
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 2/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.07" wide x 9.24" long x 1.17" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Preface
Malign Fates
A New Start
Moving Into Position
Concepts and Society
Gellner's Philosophy
Components of a Career
Knowledge and Illusion
The Shape of History
The Sociology of Islam
A General Theory of Nationalism
Cambridge and Prague
Epilogue
Index