Ernest Gellner

Author : John A. Hall
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781844678457

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Ernest Gellner by John A. Hall Pdf

Ernest Gellner (1925–95) was a multilingual polymath and a public intellectual who set the agenda in the study of nationalism and the sociology of Islam. Having grown up in Paris, Prague, and England, he was also one of the last great Jewish thinkers from Central Europe to experience directly the impact of the Holocaust. His intellectual trajectory differed from that of similar thinkers, both in producing a highly integrated philosophy of modernity and in combining a respect for nationalism with an appreciation of the power of modern science. Gellner was a fierce opponent, in private as well as in public, of such contemporaries as Michael Oakeshott, Isaiah Berlin, Charles Taylor, Noam Chomsky and Edward Said. As this definitive biography shows, he was passionate in the defense of reason against every form of relativism—a battle that his intellectual inheritors continue to this day.

Author : Michael Harry Lessnoff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015055817756

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Ernest Gellner and Modernity by Michael Harry Lessnoff Pdf

An exposition of Gellner's thought, both in terms of the specific areas in which he worked and the underlying consistency of his theoretical principles. It provides a context within which to evaluate Gellner's contribution to social and political thought.

Author : John A. Hall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1998-11-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521633664

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The State of the Nation by John A. Hall Pdf

An exceptional set of scholars assess every aspect of the most influential theory of nationalism.

Author : Ernest Gellner
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0415345480

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Words and Things by Ernest Gellner Pdf

First published in 1959, this classic challenge to the prevailing philosophical orthodoxy of the day, remains the most devastating attack on a conventional wisdom in philosophy to this day.

Author : Ernest Gellner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1998-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0521639972

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Language and Solitude by Ernest Gellner Pdf

Ernest Gellner's final book, first published in 1998, is a synoptic interpretation of the thought of Wittgenstein and Malinowski.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004457478

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The Social Philosophy of Ernest Gellner by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ernest Gellner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134894994

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Postmodernism, Reason and Religion by Ernest Gellner Pdf

First Published in 1992. On questions of faith, Ernest Gellner believes, three ideological options are available to us today. One is the return to a genuine and firm faith in a religious tradition. The other is a form of relativism which abandons the notion of unique truth altogether and resigns itself to treating truth as relative to the society or culture in question. The third, which Gellner calls enlightenment rationalism, upholds the idea that there is a unique truth, but denies that any society can ever possess it definitively. Learned and stimulating, Professor Gellner’s book is an important contribution to our understanding of postmodernism and the relations between Islam and the West. It will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the ideological condition of contemporary society.

Author : Ernest Gellner
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226287027

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Plough, Sword, and Book by Ernest Gellner Pdf

Elucidates and argues for the author's concept of human history from the past to the present.

Author : Ernest Gellner
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0810113708

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The Psychoanalytic Movement by Ernest Gellner Pdf

The aim of this book is the understanding of how psychoanalysis came to be so generally accepted by the public at large. The author, a sociologist, focuses on reconstructing the system of ideas upon which the theory and practice of psychoanalysis rests.

Author : Ernest Gellner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1987-05-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521336678

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Culture, Identity, and Politics by Ernest Gellner Pdf

An exploration of the relationship between culture and politics in the modern world through essays on such varied topics as the Ayatollah Khomeni, Czech dissidents, and Malinowski.

Author : Ernest Gellner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134413249

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The Devil in Modern Philosophy by Ernest Gellner Pdf

The essays in this volume gather together Gellner's thinking on the connection between philosophy and life and they approach the topic from a number of directions: philosophy of morals, history of ideas, a discussion of individuals including R. G. Collingwood, Noam Chomsky, Piaget and Eysenck and discussions on the setting of philosophy in the general culture of England and America.

Author : Ernest Gellner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1987-02-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521337984

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Relativism and the Social Sciences by Ernest Gellner Pdf

Considers human diversity and change and rejects the usual solutions to problems of relativism. Presents a new mode of inquiry in its stead a mixture of philosophy, history, and anthropology that appears to be more meaningful.

Author : Petr Skalník
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031068058

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Ernest Gellner’s Legacy and Social Theory Today by Petr Skalník Pdf

This edited volume examines the critical issues of the 21st century through the prism of Ernest Gellner’s work. The contributors look critically at Gellner ́s legacy, questioning whether he remains an inspiration for today’s social theorists. Chapters proactively probe Gellner’s thoughts on a variety of pressing topics—modernity, postcolonialsm, nationalism, and more—without losing sight of current debates on these issues. This volume further brings these debates to life by having each chapter followed by a comment by an academic peer of the chapter author, thus transforming the text into a lively and dynamic conversation.

Author : Dale J Stahl
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351352536

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An Analysis of Ernest Gellner's Nations and Nationalism by Dale J Stahl Pdf

To the dismay of many commentators – who had hoped the world was evolving into a more tolerant and multicultural community of nations united under the umbrellas of supranational movements like the European Union – the nationalism that was such a potent force in the history of the 20th-century has made a comeback in recent years. Now, more than ever, it seems important to understand what it is, how it works, and why it is so attractive to so many people. A fine place to start any such exploration is with Ernest Gellner's seminal Nations and Nationalism, a ground-breaking study that was the first to flesh out the counter-intuitive – but enormously influential – thesis that modern nationalism has little if anything in common with old-fashioned patriotism or loyalty to one's homeland. Gellner's intensely creative thesis is that the nationalism we know today is actually the product of the 19th-century industrial revolution, which radically reshaped ancient communities, encouraging emigration to cities at the same time as it improved literacy rates and introduced mass education. Gellner connected these three elements in an entirely new way, contrasting developments to the structures of pre-industrial agrarian economies to show why the new nationalism could not have been born in such communities. He was also successful in generating a typology of nationalisms in an attempt to explain why some forms flourished while others fizzled out. His remarkable ability to produce novel explanations for existing evidence marks out Nations and Nationalism as one of the most radical, stimulating – and enduringly influential – works of its day.

Author : Ernest Gellner
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1992-08-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0631134794

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Reason and Culture by Ernest Gellner Pdf

Since the 17th century, Western society has had a turbulent relationship with Reason. Descartes set out to reorganize all his opinions in the light of Reason, allowing, as Pascal bitterly reproached him, nothing else. In the course of the centuries which followed, the relationship with Reason became the object of a vigorous, often passionate debate. David Hume declared Reason to be impotent; Immanuel Kant observed that men suffered from 'misology' as the result of their disappointed expectations from Reason; G.W.F. Hegel declared that the main insight of philosophy consisted of the realization that Reason masterminded and guided all history. The debate has not remained restricted to philosophy. Max Weber, the most influential modern sociologist, was obsessed with the distinctive role of Reason in Western society, and the part it played in engendering industrialism. Social anthropologists have been preoccupied both with the universality and the diversity of conceptual thought. Emile Durkheim taught them to ask why all men were rational, whilst Max Weber taught sociologists to ask why some men were more rational than others. This book brings together the philosophical, historical and sociological discussions of rationality and strives to make clear the underlying issues and the continuity of the debate in the various disciplines.