Review: Nations And Nationalism
User Review - Eddy Allen - Goodreads"A better explanation than anyone has yet offered of why nationalism is such a prominent principle of political legitimacy today. This is a terse and forceful work . . . the product of great ... Read full review
Review: Nations And Nationalism
User Review - Kelly - GoodreadsOne of about the four major texts on the "modernist" theory of nationalism. And two of the other three guys work off of him. Writing a paper on nationalism for one of my classes- God you find out what a small, idol-worshipping world academia is right quick in this field. Read full review
Review: Nations And Nationalism
User Review - Chris Mericle - GoodreadsIf you never have read Ernest Gellner you must. Irrespective of the accuracy of his particular interpretation of nationalism the book is an intellectual roller-coaster ride. Read full review
Review: Nations And Nationalism
User Review - Malavika - GoodreadsMy opinion of this book isn't related to its value as a seminal work in the field, but for the fact that such a well-known professor didn't have an editor who told him to stop using commas ... Read full review
Review: Nations And Nationalism
User Review - Kw Estes - GoodreadsA fine work on the historical origins of nationalism. Gellner credits the coming of the industrial age, and its concomitant need for cultural homogeneity (as people are forced more and more into ... Read full review
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User Review - Tank Green - Goodreadsa seminal text. i found his linking of education and industrialisation really interesting. Read full review
Review: Nations And Nationalism
User Review - Elizabeth - GoodreadsAn important book on the theory of nationalism, but it's a dry read and leaves many questions unanswered. Read full review
Review: Nations And Nationalism
User Review - Chris - GoodreadsA fascinating (and seminal) construction of a theory of Nationalism and how it forms around some, but by no means all, cultures, and how it's part and parcel with the scaffolding of modern industrial ... Read full review
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User Review - Raully - GoodreadsWhile there is a virtue in describing the relationship between nationalism and modernity, I remain unconvinced that there is a necessary correlation. Read full review
Review: Nations And Nationalism
User Review - morning Os - GoodreadsOne of the "must-read"s in the field of identity studies in political science (the others include Benedict Anderson and Hobsbawm). Gellner's argument makes sense if you know that he had Eastern Europe ... Read full review
