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G ellner redux?
Author(s) -
Meadwell Hudson
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nations and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1469-8129
pISSN - 1354-5078
DOI - 10.1111/nana.12029
Subject(s) - nationalism , argument (complex analysis) , politics , interpretation (philosophy) , sociology , redux , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , work (physics) , cohabitation , gender studies , political science , law , philosophy , linguistics , medicine , mechanical engineering , physics , engineering , quantum mechanics , aerospace engineering
The work of E rnest G ellner continues to be an influential part of nationalism studies. A recent appraisal has raised questions about the argument that G ellner offered in his central text on nationalism, Nations and Nationalism . This article takes up other issues in G ellner's work on nationalism. The article examines G ellner's influential definition of nationalism and the interpretation that he placed on that definition, as well as his treatment of ‘political cohabitation’. It also pays more attention to G ellner's later work, namely, G ellner's discussion of ‘the time zones of nationalism’. The paper draws on secondary literature but its primary purpose is to assess the coherence of G ellner's arguments.