Contemporary Thought and PoliticsGellner's political philosophy in these volumes combines the down-to-earth realism of political sociology with a rational treatment of the normative issues of traditional political thought. In these essays Gellner strives to understand the religions of nationalism, communism and democracy, returning again and again to the basic values of the liberal: social tolerance, rational criticism, human decency and justice. |
Contents
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Democracy and industrialization | 20 |
Contemporary thought and politics | 43 |
Behind the barricades at LSE | 69 |
The panther and the dove | 73 |
How to live in anarchy | 87 |
The concept of a story | 95 |
or knowledge and communism | 133 |
Scale and nation | 141 |
The pluralist antilevellers of Prague | 158 |
The dangers of tolerance | 175 |
On democracy in France | 182 |
Sources | 193 |
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