Nations and Nationalism

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academic monograph book

Nations and Nationalism is a seminal 1983 book by social anthropologist Ernest Gellner that offers a influential modernist theory explaining the rise and nature of nationalism in relation to industrial society.

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instanceOf academic monograph ⓘ
book ⓘ
academicReception foundational text of modernist nationalism theory ⓘ
seminal work in nationalism studies ⓘ
author Ernest Gellner NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorCitizenship Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorOccupation social anthropologist ⓘ
centralThesis nationalism is a product of industrial society ⓘ
nationalism often precedes nations and creates them ⓘ
nations are not primordial but modern constructs ⓘ
citedIn debates on modernism vs primordialism in nationalism ⓘ
scholarship on nation-building ⓘ
contrastsWith ethnosymbolist theories of nationalism ⓘ
primordialist theories of nationalism ⓘ
countryOfPublication United Kingdom ⓘ
fieldOfStudy anthropology ⓘ
political science ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
genre political theory ⓘ
social theory ⓘ
hasEdition hardcover edition ⓘ
paperback edition ⓘ
influenced Anthony D. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
Benedict Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brendan O’Leary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eric Hobsbawm NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Breuilly NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rogers Brubaker NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyConcept agrarian vs industrial societies ⓘ
cultural homogenization ⓘ
division of labour ⓘ
high culture ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ
mass education ⓘ
modular man ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject industrial society ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
nationalism ⓘ
nations ⓘ
publicationYear 1983 ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Plough, Sword and Book NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thought and Change NERFINISHED ⓘ
theoreticalApproach modernist theory of nationalism ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed industrial age ⓘ
modern era ⓘ
usedAs university textbook ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Nations and Nationalism since 1780