A provocative essay on a subject that, since the collapse of the Soviet empire, has become once again, a central subject of contemporary politics. Lucid, witty and brilliant, Gellner's essay combines the perspectives of politics, history, philosophy and anthropology with the multidisciplinary flair for which he is renowned
- ISBN10 0753804808
- ISBN13 9780753804803
- Publish Date 3 August 1998 (first published 1 August 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 February 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English