Contemporary thought and politics
by Ernest Gellner
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Gellner's political philosophy in these volumes combines the down-to-earth realism of political sociology with a rational treatment of the normative issues of traditional political thought. In these essays Gellner strives to understand the religions of nationalism, communism and democracy, returning again and again to the basic values of the liberal: social tolerance, rational criticism, human decency and justice.Tags
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Ernest Gellner is equally well known as a sociologist, philosopher and social anthropologist. He was Professor of Philosophy at the London School of Economics from 1962 to 1984 and is currently Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge
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