John A. Hall

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John A. Hall is a Canadian-British sociologist and political theorist known for his work on state formation, nationalism, and civil society, and for his extensive writings on the ideas of Ernest Gellner.

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instanceOf person
political theorist
sociologist
citizenship Canada
United Kingdom
educatedAt University of Oxford
surface form: Oxford University
employer McGill University NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork historical sociology
political theory
sociology
gender male
hasAcademicDiscipline historical sociology
political sociology
social theory
hasWrittenOn Ernest Gellner NERFINISHED
civil society theory
comparative politics
liberalism
nationalism theory
state formation in Europe
influencedBy Ernest Gellner NERFINISHED
Karl Marx
Max Weber NERFINISHED
isAlive true
knownFor comparative historical analysis of states
work on civil society
work on nationalism
work on state formation
writings on Ernest Gellner
languageOfWorkOrName English
nationality British
Canadian
notableWork Coercion and Consent: Studies on the Modern State NERFINISHED
Ernest Gellner: An Intellectual Biography NERFINISHED
Liberalism: Politics, Ideology, and the Market NERFINISHED
Powers and Liberties: The Causes and Consequences of the Rise of the West NERFINISHED
States in History NERFINISHED
occupation professor
positionHeld James McGill Professor of Sociology
researchInterest civil society
comparative historical sociology
modernity
nationalism
state formation
workLocation Montreal NERFINISHED

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Ernest Gellner influenced John A. Hall