![]() ![]() It is an unprecedented shift that has holistically affected society in toto, from its basic social relations to its overall political structure. The only significant change in the last few thousand years has been the passage from agricultural to industrial society. In chapters 2, 3 and 4, Gellner advances his most well‐known interpretation. All other concepts, from culture to industrialisation, from equality/egalitarianism to modernity, are used in a notoriously generic fashion as catch‐all concepts. This is the only clear‐cut and unambiguous definition given in the book. Gellner famously begins by defining nationalism as ‘primarily a principle that holds that the political and national unit should be congruent’ (p. His most famous book, Nations and Nationalism, is now available in a second edition with a new extended introduction by John Breuilly. ![]() Gellner's weight has been exerted both directly and indirectly, pressing other scholars either to acknowledge his contribution or to attempt alternative explanations. ![]() Over ten years after his death, Gellner's impact still remains unparalleled, but not unchallenged. Oxford : Blackwell Publishing, 2006 (1st edn., 1983). ![]() Nations and Nationalism by Ernest Gellner Nations and Nationalism by Ernest Gellner ![]()
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