Ernest Gellner
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Ernest Gellner was a Czech-British philosopher and social anthropologist best known for his influential theories on nationalism, modernity, and the relationship between culture and social organization.
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| Ernest Gellner canonical | 1 |
| Gellner | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ social anthropologist ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Czech Republic ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1925-12-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1995-11-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Balliol College, Oxford
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Charles University in Prague ⓘ
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Charles University
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| employer |
Central European University
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London School of Economics ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ
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University of Cambridge
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| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName |
Ernest Gellner
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Gellner
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| fieldOfWork |
Islamic studies
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modernity studies ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of social science ⓘ political theory ⓘ social anthropology ⓘ sociology ⓘ theory of nationalism ⓘ |
| givenName | Ernest ⓘ |
| influenced |
Anthony D. Smith
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Benedict Anderson ⓘ John A. Hall ⓘ modern nationalism studies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
David Hume
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Karl Popper ⓘ Max Weber ⓘ Émile Durkheim ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of modernity
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comparative civilizational analysis ⓘ critique of linguistic philosophy ⓘ theory of nationalism ⓘ work on culture and social organization ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Czech
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English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Islamic world
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Islam and Muslim societies
civil society ⓘ modernity ⓘ nationalism ⓘ rationalism ⓘ |
| movement |
analytic philosophy
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Popperian critical rationalism ⓘ
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critical rationalism
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| notableIdea |
critique of relativism and postmodernism
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high culture as requirement of modern state ⓘ modern industrial society as basis of nationalism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Conditions of Liberty
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Muslim Society ⓘ Nations and Nationalism ⓘ Plough, Sword and Book ⓘ Postmodernism, Reason and Religion ⓘ Thought and Change ⓘ Words and Things ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Prague ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Center for the Study of Nationalism at Central European University
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Professor of Philosophy at the London School of Economics ⓘ William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Gellner