Ernest Gellner : an intellectual biography /

Ernest Gellner : an intellectual biography /

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Author / Creator:	Hall, John A., 1949-
Imprint:	London ; New York : Verso, 2011.
Description:	xii, 400 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Gellner, Ernest. Gellner, Ernest. Jewish philosophers -- Czech Republic -- Biography. Philosophers -- Czech Republic -- Biography. Jewish philosophers. Philosophers. Czech Republic. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8126875

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ISBN:	9781844677580 (pbk.) 1844677583 (pbk.) 1844676021 9781844676026
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Ernest Gellner (1925-95) was a multilingual polymath and a public intellectual who set the agenda in the study of nationalism and the sociology of Islam. Having grown up in Paris, Prague, and England, he was also one of the last great Jewish thinkers from Central Europe to experience directly the impact of the Holocaust. His intellectual trajectory differed from that of similar thinkers, both in producing a highly integrated philosophy of modernity and in combining a respect for nationalism with an appreciation of the power of modern science. Gellner was a fierce opponent, in private as well as in public, of such contemporaries as Michael Oakeshott, Isaiah Berlin, Charles Taylor, Noam Chomsky and Edward Said. As this definitive biography shows, he was passionate in the defence of reason against every form of relativism -- a battle that his intellectual inheritors continue to this day."--Dust jacket.
Other form:	Online version: Hall, John A., 1949- Ernest Gellner. London ; New York : Verso, 2010

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Summary:	Ernest Gellner was a multilingual polymath who set the agenda in the study of nationalism and the sociology of Islam for an entire generation of academics and students. This definitive biography follows his trajectory from his early years in Prague, Paris and England to international success as a philosopher and public intellectual. Known both for his highly integrated philosophy of modernity and for combining a respect for nationalism with an appreciation for science, Gellner was passionate in his defence of reason against every for of relativism.
Physical Description:	xii, 400 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781844677580 1844677583 1844676021 9781844676026