Nations and nationalism

Titel: Nations and nationalism / Ernest Gellner, introduction by John Breuilly
Verfasser:
Ausgabe: Repr. [der Ausg. Blackwell 2006], Second Edition
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca, NY : Cornell Univ. Press, 2008
Umfang: LIII, 152 S.
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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mehrbändiges Werk:
New perspectives on the past
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ISBN: 9780801475009
  • About the Authors
  • p. vii
  • About this Edition
  • p. viii
  • Editor's Preface to the First Edition R. I. Moore, Founding Editor
  • p. ix
  • Acknowledgements for the First Edition
  • p. xi
  • Introduction
  • p. xiii
  • 1
  • Definitions
  • p. 1
  • State and Nation
  • p. 3
  • The Nation
  • p. 5
  • 2
  • Culture in Agrarian Society
  • p. 8
  • Power and Culture in the Agro-literate Polity
  • p. 9
  • Culture
  • p. 11
  • The State in Agrarian Society
  • p. 13
  • The Varieties of Agrarian Rulers
  • p. 14
  • 3
  • Industrial Society
  • p. 19
  • The Society of Perpetual Growth
  • p. 23
  • Social Genetics
  • p. 29
  • The Age of Universal High Culture
  • p. 34
  • 4
  • The Transition to an Age of Nationalism
  • p. 38
  • A Note on the Weakness of Nationalism
  • p. 42
  • Wild and Garden Cultures
  • p. 48
  • 5
  • What is a Nation?
  • p. 52
  • The Course of True Nationalism Never did Run Smooth
  • p. 57
  • 6
  • Social Entropy and Equality in Industrial Society
  • p. 62
  • Obstacles to Entropy
  • p. 63
  • Fissures and Barriers
  • p. 72
  • A Diversity of Focus
  • p. 73
  • 7
  • A Typology of Nationalisms
  • p. 85
  • The Varieties of Nationalist Experience
  • p. 94
  • Diaspora Nationalism
  • p. 98
  • 8
  • The Future of Nationalism
  • p. 106
  • Industrial Culture - One or Many?
  • p. 110
  • 9
  • Nationalism and Ideology
  • p. 118
  • Who is for Nuremberg?
  • p. 125
  • One Nation, One State
  • p. 128
  • 10
  • Conclusion
  • p. 131
  • What is not being Said
  • p. 131
  • Summary
  • p. 133
  • Select Bibliography
  • p. 137
  • Bibliography of Ernest Gellner's Writings on Nationalism
  • p. 142
  • Index
  • p. 148