Conditions of Liberty

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Conditions of Liberty is a work of political and social philosophy by Ernest Gellner that analyzes the foundations and preconditions of liberal, civil society in the modern world.

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instanceOf book
work of social philosophy
analyzes modern industrial society
social preconditions of democracy
transition from agrarian to industrial societies
author Ernest Gellner NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
critiques authoritarian political orders
certain forms of nationalism
totalitarianism
examines compatibility of nationalism and liberalism
foundations of liberal civil society
historical emergence of civil society
institutional requirements of freedom
preconditions of liberal civil society
relationship between economic development and liberty
role of culture in modern society
fieldOfStudy political philosophy
social theory
sociology of modernity
genre political philosophy
social philosophy
hasKeyConcept civil society as a distinct sphere from the state
cultural homogeneity in modern societies
link between nationalism and industrial society
structural conditions for liberty
hasPerspective liberal
influencedBy Enlightenment liberalism NERFINISHED
classical sociology
modernization theory
language English
mainTopic civil society
conditions for liberal civil society
individual freedom
industrial society
liberalism
modern social structures
modernity
nationalism
pluralism
relationship between state and civil society
social order
philosophicalTradition analytic social theory
liberalism
relatedWork Nations and Nationalism NERFINISHED
Plough, Sword and Book NERFINISHED

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