Ernest Gellner AKA Ernest André Gellner Born: 9-Dec-1925 Birthplace: Paris, France Died: 5-Nov-1995 Location of death: Prague, Czechia Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male Religion: Jewish Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Philosopher, Anthropologist Nationality: England Executive summary: Words and Things Military service: Czech Army (1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade, WWII) Father: Rudolf Gellner Mother: Anna Fantl
High School: St. Albans School London University: Balliol College, Oxford University (1947) Professor: Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics Professor: Social Anthropology, Cambridge University (1984-92)
British Academy 1974
Author of books:
Words and Things: A Critical Account of Linguistic Philosophy and a Study in Ideology (1959, philosophy) Thought and Change (1964, philosophy) Saints of the Atlas (1969, social studies) Contemporary Thought and Politics (1974, politics) The Devil in Modern Philosophy (1974, philosophy) Legitimation of Belief (1974, philosophy) Spectacles and Predicaments: Essays in Social Theory (1979, social studies) Muslim Society (1981, social studies) Nations and Nationalism (1983, social studies) Language and Solitude: Wittgenstein, Malinowski, and the Habsburg Dilemma (1998, philosophy)
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