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Drawing upon a range of disciplines, including philosophy, anthropology, sociology, politics and history, this work argues that nationalism is an inescapable consequence of modernity.Tags
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Clásico sobre el nacionalismo moderno, argumentando que es un producto de la industrialización y no una expresión natural de identidad.
An excellent study in political sociology. Essential reading for anyone interested in nationalism and the state.
A simple and persuasively argued thesis.
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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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- Canonical title
- Nations and Nationalism
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- Nonfiction, Anthropology, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government, History, Philosophy
- DDC/MDS
- 320.54 — Social sciences Political science Political science (Politics and government) Political ideologies Nationalism, regionalism, internationalism
- LCC
- JC311 .G48 — Political Science Political theory Political theory. The state. Theories of the state Nationalism. Nation state
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- Languages
- 16 — Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 30
- ASINs
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