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Ernest Gellner, An Intellectual Biography

Ernest Gellner, An Intellectual Biography

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Ernest Gellner, An Intellectual Biography

by [Gellner, Ernest]. John A. Hall

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London and New York: Verso, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Boards. Pp. xii, 400, (iv). Illustrated: 8 pp. of plates. Index.

Gellner was a passionate advocate of reason against any form of relativism. His background was Jewish and Czech. Later he taught at the London School of Economics and Cambridge University. The author says this about him: "Gellner's mind was equipped with a broad range of intellectual resources, the versatility of which was surprising and elegant."

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Title
Ernest Gellner, An Intellectual Biography
Author
[Gellner, Ernest]. John A. Hall
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Hardcover
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First edition
ISBN 10
1844676021
ISBN 13
9781844676026
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Verso
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London and New York
Date Published
2010
Keywords
Ernest Gellner. Czech Intellectuals. Jewish. Holocaust. Relativism. Reason. London School of Economics.
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