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Jewish philosophers --- Philosophers --- Gellner, Ernest.

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Ernest Gellner was a unique scholar whose work covered areas as diverse as social anthropology, analytical philosophy, the sociology of the Islamic world, nationalism, psychoanalysis, East European transformations and kinship structures. Despite this diversity, there is an exceptional degree of unity and coherence in Gellner's work with his distinctly modernist, rationalist and liberal world-view evident in everything he wrote. His central problematic remains constant: understanding how the modern world came into being and to what extent it is unique relative to all other social forms. Ten years after his death, this book brings together leading social theorists to evaluate the significance of Gellner's legacy and to re-examine his central concerns. It corrects many misunderstandings and critically engages with Gellner's legacy to provide a cutting edge contribution to understanding our contemporary post-9/11, global, late modern, social condition.

Gellner --- Social thought --- Social science --- Social sciences --- Philosophy. --- Gellner, Ernest. --- Gellner. --- Social thought. --- Social philosophy --- Social theory --- Philosophy --- Gelnŭr, Ŭrnest --- Gellner, Ernest --- Social Sciences --- Sociology

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Un ouvrage consacré à ces deux anthropologues anglophones qui ont consacré leurs travaux aux évolutions des sociétés dʹAfrique du Nord dans la deuxième moitié du XXe siècle. C'est lʹoccasion de réfléchir aux problématiques du nationalisme, de lʹEtat-nation, de la berbérité, de lʹislam, de la langue arabe dans une double perspective anthropologique et historique.

Ethnology --- Anthropologie sociale et culturelle --- Geertz, Clifford, --- Gellner, Ernest --- Anthropologists --- Anthropology --- Theological anthropology --- Islam --- Gellner, Ernest, --- Positivisme --- Anthropologie phénoménologique --- Geertz, Clifford --- Positivisme. --- Anthropologie phénoménologique. --- Anthropologists - Biography --- Anthropology - Africa, North --- Theological anthropology - Islam --- Gellner, Ernest, - 1925-1995 --- Geertz, Clifford, - 1926-2006

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Historical sociology --- Social sciences --- Social history --- Civilization, Modern --- Philosophy, Modern --- Sociale filosofie. --- Sociologie historique --- Sciences sociales --- Histoire sociale --- Civilisation moderne --- Philosophie sociale. --- Sozialphilosophie. --- Philosophy. --- Philosophie. --- Gellner, Ernest. --- Gellner, Ernest, --- Philosophy

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This edited volume examines the critical issues of the 21st century through the prism of Ernest Gellner's work. The contributors look critically at Gellner´s legacy, questioning whether he remains an inspiration for today's social theorists. Chapters proactively probe Gellner's thoughts on a variety of pressing topics-modernity, postcolonialsm, nationalism, and more-without losing sight of current debates on these issues. This volume further brings these debates to life by having each chapter followed by a comment by an academic peer of the chapter author, thus transforming the text into a lively and dynamic conversation. Petr Skalník is Emeritus Extraordinary Professor at the University of Wroclaw, Poland. Previously he taught at Comenius University, Leiden University, University of Cape Town, Charles University and the University of Pardubice. He has edited and co-edited over two dozen books over the course of his career, and is the 2006 recipient of the Chevalier dans l´Ordre des Palmes Académiques. From 1992 to 1997 he served as the Ambassador of Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic to Lebanon, and from 2003 to 2013 he was Vice-President of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences.

Philosophy --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Sociology --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- sociologie --- sociale filosofie --- antropologie --- Social sciences --- Philosophy. --- Gellner, Ernest.