Introduction, by John Breuilly 1. Definitions State and Nation The Nation 2. Culture in Agrarian Society Power and Culture in the Agro-literate Polity Culture The State in Agrarian Society The Varieties of Agrarian Rulers 3. Industrial Society The Society of Perpetual Growth Social Genetics The Age of Universal High Culture 4. The Transition to an Age of Nationalism A Note on the Weakness of Nationalism Wild and Garden Cultures 5. What is a Nation? The Course of True Nationalism Never did Run Smooth 6. Social Entropy and Equality in Industrial Society Obstacles to Entropy Fissures and Barriers A Diversity of Focus 7. A Typology of Nationalisms The Varieties of Nationalist Experience Diaspora Nationalism 8. The Future of Nationalism Industrial Culture - One or Many? 9. Nationalism and Ideology Who is for Nuremberg? One Nation, One State 10. Conclusion What is not being Said Summary Select Bibliography Bibliography of Ernest Gellner's Writings on Nationalism, by Ian Jamie Index
The late Ernest Gellner (1925-1995) was Director of the Centre for the Study of Nationalism, part of the Central European University, in Prague. His many books included Plough, Sword and Book: The Structure of Human History, Conditions of Liberty: Civil Society and Its Rivals, and Language and Solitude: Wittgenstein, Malinowski and the Habsburg Dilemma. John Breuilly is Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics. His books include The Formation of the First German Nation-State, 1800-1871 and Nationalism and the State.
"Breuilly's new introduction provides an excellent critical overview of Gellner's writings on nationalism, judiciously evaluating his ideas while also providing insights into their place and continuing significance within the wider historiography of nationalism studies."-Paul Lawrence, Open University
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