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# Classic theory redefined Updated expert insights Timeless 1983 edition Nations and Nationalism (New Perspectives on the Past)

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## Summary

> 📖 Unlock the origins of nations — be the expert everyone turns to!

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- **What is this?** Nations and Nationalism (New Perspectives on the Past)
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## Key Features

- • **Highly Rated & Respected:** 4.5-star average from 85 reviews confirms its intellectual impact.
- • **Updated Scholarly Context:** Includes a fresh introductory essay tracing two decades of evolving nationalism studies.
- • **Proven Bestseller in Niche:** Ranks #52 in Nationalism books, signaling its authoritative status.
- • **Essential for Thought Leaders:** A must-have for professionals shaping political, historical, or cultural discourse.
- • **Revolutionary Nationalism Theory:** Challenge conventional myths with Gellner’s groundbreaking perspective.

## Overview

Ernest Gellner’s 'Nations and Nationalism' is a seminal 1983 work that redefines the understanding of nationalism’s emergence. This used but well-preserved edition includes a new essay by John Breuilly, updating the discourse with two decades of scholarship. Highly rated and a bestseller in its category, it remains essential reading for anyone serious about political theory, history, and cultural studies.

## Description

Periodically, an important book emerges that makes us, through the uniqueness of its theory, perceive history as we have not seen it before. Ernest Gellner has written such a volume. Students of nationalism will have to come to grips with his interpretation of the causes for the emergence of nationalism, since he has declared that most of the previous explanations are largely mythical. ― "American Historical Review" First published in 1983, Nations and Nationalism remains one of the most influential explanations of the emergence of nationalism ever written. This updated edition of Ernest Gellner's now-canonical work includes a new introductory essay from John Breuilly, tracing the way the field has evolved over the past two decades, and a bibliography of important work on nationalism since 1983.

Review: A must read - Gellner is very smart and his book on nations and nationalism is a fascinating read. Would recommend to people who want to read about the development and emergence of nations alongside industrialism.
Review: Excellent version of a major set of ideas dealing with ... - Excellent version of a major set of ideas dealing with what nation states are and why it is sometimes so hard to create such political systems.

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #161,737 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #52 in Nationalism (Books) #538 in History & Theory of Politics #11,685 in History (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 85 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A must read
*by E***R on May 9, 2017*

Gellner is very smart and his book on nations and nationalism is a fascinating read. Would recommend to people who want to read about the development and emergence of nations alongside industrialism.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent version of a major set of ideas dealing with ...
*by W***R on April 27, 2015*

Excellent version of a major set of ideas dealing with what nation states are and why it is sometimes so hard to create such political systems.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A political science and international relation must read
*by L***O on October 24, 2010*

I would not suggest considering not reading this if you have an interest in International Relations and Political Science.

## Frequently Bought Together

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