Ernest Gellner, An Intellectual Biography
by [Gellner, Ernest]. John A. Hall
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 13
- 9781844676026
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About This Item
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."
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
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 1844676021
- ISBN 13
- 9781844676026
- Publisher
- Verso
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Ernest Gellner. Czech Intellectuals. Jewish. Holocaust. Relativism. Reason. London School of Economics.
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- Politics;
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