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Thought and Change (Midway reprints) Thought and Change by Ernest Gellner
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“Those who are opposed to nationalism, generally mean by this only that they are opposed to expansionist excesses, to violence and domination, and they desire national loyalty to be complemented and superseded by an international order and rule of law. But this, commendable though it may be, leaves the nationalist picture untouched, though it strives to ' go beyond it'.”
― Ernest Gellner, Thought and Change
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“The central mistake committed both by the friends and the enemies of nationalism is the supposition that it is somehow natural.”
― Ernest Gellner, Thought and Change
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“It is nationalists above all who flirt with Marxism”
― Ernest Gellner, Thought and Change
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“Naively, one may suppose those at the Top who take decisions are poly­mathic supermen, somehow qualified to assess the many-sided implications of their decisions. Acquaintance with any of them dispels such illusions.”
― Ernest Gellner, Thought and Change
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