This set of essays is concerned with the explanation of large scale social change. Concentration is on the social stagnation characteristic of agrarian circumstances, the conditions for exit from that world, and the varied social orders that inhabit, sometimes precariously, the modern world community. The distinguished contributors from archaeology, anthropology, sociology, economic history and philosophy, have all been stimulated by the work of Ernest Gellner, and the essays are in dialogue with his view of our social condition.
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This set of essays is concerned with the explanation of large scale social change. The distinguished contributors, from archaeology, anthropology, sociology, economic history and philosophy, have all been stimulated by the work of Ernest Gellner, and the essays are in dialogue with his view of our social condition.
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- Spectacles and Predicaments: Essays in Social Theory by Ernest Gellner on 5 pages
- Politics As a Vocation by M. Weber on 4 pages
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- A Sociology of Modernity: Liberty and Discipline by Peter Wagner on 6 pages
- Banal Nationalism by Michael Billig in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The State of the Nation: Ernest Gellner and the Theory of Nationalism by John A. Hall in Front Matter, page 83, and page 132
- An Anatomy of Power: The Social Theory of Michael Mann by John A. Hall on page 54, page 55, and Back Matter
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