World languages and human dispersals : a minimalist view / Colin Renfrew -- Nomads and oases in Central Asia / A.M. Khazanov -- Why poverty was inevitable in traditional societies / E.A. Wrigley -- On a little known chapter of Mediterranean history / Karl R. Popper -- Ernest Gellner and the escape to modernity / Alan Macfarlane -- The emergence of modern European nationalism / Michael Mann -- Sovereign individuals / Ronald Dore -- Science, politics, enchantment / Perry Anderson -- Deconstructing post-modernism : Gellner and Crocodile Dundee / Joseph Agassi -- A methodology without presuppositions? / John Watkins -- Gellner's positivism / I.C. Jarvie -- Left versus Right in French political ideology / Louis Dumont -- Property, justice and common good after socialism / John Dunn -- Social contract, democracy and freedom / Gerard Radnitzky -- Thoughts on liberalisation / Jose Merquior -- Peace, peace at last? / John A. Hall.
| ISBN-13: | 9780521382021 |
| ISBN-10: | 0521382025 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication date: | 1992-01-16 |
| Edition description: | Illustrated |
| Pages: | 383 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 9.21 Inches, Length: 6.14 Inches, Weight: 1.543235834 Pounds, Width: 0.88 Inches |
| Author: | Ernest Gellner |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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