Contemporary Thought and Politics: Selected Philosophical Themes

By Ernest Gellner

Book Overview

Gellner'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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0710077432
• ISBN13: 9780710077431
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.