Contemporary Thought and Politics

By Ernest Gellner

Book Overview

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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415488621
• ISBN13: 9780415488624
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"