A. Hall (ed.)

The State of the Nation

Ernest Gellner and the Theory of Nationalism
Herausgeber: Hall, John A.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Nationalism is one of the major social and political issues of modern times, and a subject of intense intellectual debate. The most important and influential theory of nationalism is that of Ernest Gellner (1925-1995). This volume assesses every aspect of that theory, bringing together an exceptional set of scholars to explain, criticise and move beyond Gellner's work. In doing so the book establishes the state-of-play within the theory of nationalism, and complements Gellner's account by bringing political variables back into play. The book is unique in offering sustained attention to a single powerful theory, and will be of wide interest to students and scholars of political and social theory, history, sociology and anthropology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9780521633246
• ISBN-10: 0521633249
• Artikelnr.: 28521308

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction John A. Hall; Part I. The Making of the Theory: 1. Thoughts
about change: Ernest Gellner and the history of nationalism Roman Szporluk;
2. Ernest Gellner's diagnoses of nationalism: a critical overview, or, what
is living and what is dead in Ernest Gellner's philosophy of nationalism
Brendan O'Leary; Part II. The Classical Criticisms: 3. Real and
constructed: the nature of the nation Miroslav Hroch; 4. The curse of
rurality: limits of modernisation theory Tom Nairn; 5. Nationalism and
language: a post-Soviet perspective David Laitin; 6. Ernest Gellner's
theory of nationalism: some definitional and methodological issues Nicos
Mouzelis; Part III. Bringing Politics Back In: 7. Nationalisms that bark
and nationalisms that bite: Ernest Gellner and the substantiation of
nations Mark Beissinger; 8. Nationalism and modernity Charles Taylor; 9.
Modern multi-national democracies: transcending a Gellnerian oxymoron
Alfred Stepan; Part IV. Wider Implications: 10. Nationalism and civil
society in Central Europe: from Ruritania to the Carpathian Euroregion
Chris Hann; 11. From here to modernity: Ernest Gellner on nationalism and
Islamic fundamentalism Dale F. Eickelman; 12. Myths and misconceptions in
the study of nationalism Rogers Brubaker.