Ernest Gellner and Modernity - Couverture souple

Lessnoff, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0708316840 ISBN 13 : 9780708316849

Editeur : University of Wales Press, 2002

Synopsis

Ernest Gellner (1925 - 1995) was one of the major thinkers of the twentieth century. He held major chairs in philosophy, sociology and social anthropology during his distinguished career and contributed to a wide range of political and philosophical debates, most notably in linguistic philosophy, the theory of political nationalism and the theory of history. Gellner was also an outspoken defender of the Enlightenment tradition and social democracy. In Ernest Gellner and Modernity, Michael Lessnoff presents a lucid and coherent exposition of Gellner's thought, both in terms of the specific areas in which he worked and the underlying consistency of his theoretical principles. Lessnoff provides a context within which to evaluate Gellner's contribution to social and political thought and, in keeping with the aims of the series, demonstrates the importance of Gellner's work for contemporary political philosophy.

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À propos de l'auteur

Michael Lessnoff is reader in politics at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of The Structure of Social Science, Social Contract, and The Spirit of Capitalism and the Protestant Ethic. He lives in Glasgow, Scotland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Wales Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0708316840
• ISBN 13: 9780708316849
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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