Ernest Gellner, 1925-1995. European rationalist philosopher who wrote and debated on a wide range of topics, but was especially active in anthropology.
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- Ernest Gellner 1925-1995 Several obituaries of this Czech-British polymath.
- Defining "Nation" An excerpt from Gellner's 1983 classic, Nations and Nationalism.
- Notes on Words and Things Notes by Roger Bishop Jones on some key points raised in Gellner's 1959 assault on ordinary language philosophy.
- Ernest Gellner Cosma Shalizi's ruminations on this thinker, and a bibliography.
- Lecture by Ernest Gellner QuickTime movie of a speech delivered by Gellner in 1989 describing the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- Wikipedia: Ernest Gellner Entry from this openly-edited encyclopedia.