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by Ernest Gellner · Penguin · tapa blanda · 240 pages
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En 'Conditions of Liberty: Civil Society and Its Rivals', Ernest Gellner ofrece un análisis provocador de las fuerzas políticas que transforman la Europa del Este postcomunista. El autor examina la idea de la sociedad civil, arraigada en la creencia de la Ilustración de que la sociedad puede organizarse racionalmente, para comprender qué está llenando el vacío dejado por la caída del comunismo en la ex Unión Soviética y Europa del Este. Este libro innovador es una lectura esencial para entender el panorama político actual.

Ernest André Gellner was a French-born British-Czech philosopher and social anthropologist. Central themes in his social thought included modernisation theory and nationalism, the latter of which he developed into a leading theory. His multicultural perspective allowed him to engage with the Western world, the Muslim world, and Russian civilization.