ernest gellner

Language and Solitude

Ernest Gellner (1925-95) has been described as 'one of the last great central European polymath i...

Cause and Meaning in the Social Sciences

This volume focuses on key conceptual issues in the social sciences, such as Winch's idea of a so...

Cause and Meaning in the Social Sciences

This volume focuses on key conceptual issues in the social sciences, such as Winch's idea of a so...

The Devil in Modern Philosophy

The essays in this volume gather together Gellner's thinking on the connection between philosophy...

The Psychoanalytic Movement

The Psychoanalytic Movement explains how the language of psychoanalysis became the dominant way i...

Postmodernism, Reason and Religion

First Published in 1992. On questions of faith, Ernest Gellner believes, three ideological option...

The Devil in Modern Philosophy

The essays in this volume gather together Gellner's thinking on the connection between philosophy...

Islamic Dilemmas: Reformers, Nationalists and Industrialization

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social system...

Liberalism in Modern Times

Cultura, identidad y política

Culture, Identity, and Politics

Essays exploring the relationship between culture and politics in the modern world.

Relativism and the Social Sciences

This volume of essays deals with the problem of relativism, in particular cultural relativism. Th...