![]() ![]() Gellner breaks world history down to three stages (Hunting-gathering, agrarian, and the industrial. However, sometimes contradicting with himself throughout the book: “admittedly” culture was used to form nation, culture distance was used to counter economic exploitation (55). The latter is what nationalism uses for disguise and legitimacy.Bend on proving culture is not a real foundation of nationalism. The former is what links industrialization and nationalism. Gellner separates culture as high (literary) culture and folk culture. He said that only prior to the rise of industrialization was there any horizontal differentiation within society (12). ![]() He believed that the industrial society strengthened the boundaries between nations. However he admits that the resources are not available to fully implement a system to provide full literacy to its citizens (17). He says that in agrarian society, literacy is a necessity to nationalism. He uses the example of “agrarian society” to describe nationalism. Gellner also described what caused nationalism to emerge the way it did. Gellner was clearly making a connection between the rise of industrialization and the emergence of nationalism. To satisfy the new nationalist imperative which now, for the first time, was making itself felt. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |