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Euclid of Cosmopolis: or the Importance of Reading Ernest
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Abstract Ernest Gellner's writings on nationalism need to be read in the wider context of his thought as a whole. The key lies in regarding Gellner as a thinker who was interested in the possibility of understanding particularist sentiments & collectivist political loyalties that radically differed from his ... view more
Ernest Gellner's writings on nationalism need to be read in the wider context of his thought as a whole. The key lies in regarding Gellner as a thinker who was interested in the possibility of understanding particularist sentiments & collectivist political loyalties that radically differed from his own individualistic cosmopolitan worldview. A richer interpretation of Gellner's life & thought emerges from this insight than from more superficial understandings of Gellner as a functionalist or a rationalist.... view less
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Free Keywords
Gellner, Ernest; Nationalism; Functionalism; Particularism; Sociological Theory; Collectivism; Social Philosophy; Individualism; Rationalism; Cosmopolitanism
Document language
English
Publication Year
2001
Page/Pages
p. 183-199
Journal
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 9 (2001) 2
Status
Published Version; reviewed
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