Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions " Nations and Nationalism has become such an intrinsic part of the standard literature that it is regularly cited by both those who share its views and those who distinguish their approach from Gellner s." "Breuilly s new introduction provides an excellent critical overview of Gellner s writings on nationalism, judiciously evaluating his ideas while also providing insights into their place and continuing significance within the wider historiography of nationalism studies." Paul Lawrence, The Open University We should wonder whether we are dealing with a scholar or with a poet. The reader is typically enchanted by Gellner´s logical rigour as if mesmerised by the contemplation of an art masterpiece. We are captivated by the explanatory power of Gellner´s crystalline prose enriched by flowing sequences of causations. "Over ten years after his death, Gellner´s impact remains unparalleled. Deutschland und Europa (1999), The Formation of the First German Nation-State, 1800-1871 (1996), and Nationalism and the State (2nd.ed., 1993) Book publications include Austria, Prussia and Germany 1806-1871 (2002), Nationalismus und moderner Staat.
He has held visiting Professorships at the universities of Hamburg (1987-8) and Bielefeld (1992-3) and a Research Fellowship at the Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin (2001-2). He taught at Manchester University from 1972 until 1995 and at Birmingham University from 1995 until 2004. John Breuilly is Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics. Language and Solitude: Wittgenstein, Malinowski and the Habsburg Dilemma (1998). Plough, Sword and Book: The Structure of Human History (1988),Ĭonditions of Liberty: Civil Society and its Rivals (1994), and the posthumous At the end of his life, in 1995, he was Director of the Centre for the Study of Nationalism, part of the Central European University, in Prague.
He taught at the LSE from 1949, where he was Professor of Philosophy with special reference to Sociology from 1962 until 1984, when he became William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. Bilbliography of Ernest Gellner s writing: Ian Jarvie.Įrnest Gellner was born in Paris in 1925 and brought up in Prague, fleeing with his family to England in 1939.The varieties of nationalist experience.Social Entropy and Equality in Industrial Society.
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