Plough, Sword and Book
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Plough, Sword and Book is a major work of social and political philosophy by Ernest Gellner that analyzes the historical development of human societies through agrarian, military, and literate-cultural transformations.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Plough, Sword and Book canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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work of social philosophy ⓘ |
| about |
cultural homogenization in modernity
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emergence of modern states ⓘ relationship between knowledge and power ⓘ structure of traditional societies ⓘ transition from agrarian to industrial societies ⓘ |
| author | Ernest Gellner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| field |
anthropology
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philosophy ⓘ political science ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| genre |
political philosophy
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social philosophy ⓘ social theory ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of agrarian social structures
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analysis of literacy and high culture ⓘ analysis of military power and coercion ⓘ discussion of nationalism and the modern state ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
modernist
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rationalist ⓘ secular ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment thought
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classical sociology ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
agrarian societies
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historical development of human societies ⓘ literate culture ⓘ military organization ⓘ modernity ⓘ political order ⓘ relationship between culture and power ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
link between literacy and centralized culture
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role of coercion in social organization ⓘ threefold schema of plough, sword, and book ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
analytic philosophy
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liberalism ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Conditions of Liberty
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Nations and Nationalism NERFINISHED ⓘ Thought and Change NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
comparative sociology
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historical sociology ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ |
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