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Thought and change
Book • 1964
Ernest Gellner's 'Thought and Change' presents a theory connecting the rise of nationalism to industrialization and the needs of modern administrative states.
Gellner argues that nationalism is not the awakening of pre-existing nations but an ideological response creating nations to meet modern socio-economic requirements such as standardized education and communication.
He emphasizes the role of industrial society in forging cultural homogenization and shared high cultures.
Gellner's work reframed debates by offering a structural explanation for nationalism's emergence and influence.
His arguments have been central to subsequent scholarship debating culturalist versus structural explanations of nationhood.
Gellner argues that nationalism is not the awakening of pre-existing nations but an ideological response creating nations to meet modern socio-economic requirements such as standardized education and communication.
He emphasizes the role of industrial society in forging cultural homogenization and shared high cultures.
Gellner's work reframed debates by offering a structural explanation for nationalism's emergence and influence.
His arguments have been central to subsequent scholarship debating culturalist versus structural explanations of nationhood.
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