Political Science · Western Political Thought
UGC NET December 2019 Political Science
The author of the book 'Nations and Nationalism' is:
AErnest Gellner ✓ Correct
BHans J. Morgenthau
CJ.S. Coleman
DRajni Kothari
Correct answer: (A) Ernest Gellner — The author of Nations and Nationalism is Ernest Gellner, so the answer is Ernest Gellner.
Explanation
★The author of Nations and Nationalism is Ernest Gellner, so the answer is Ernest Gellner.
★He published this influential study in 1983.
★Gellner argued that nationalism is a product of modern industrial society, not an ancient or natural force.
★Industrial economies need a mobile, literate population sharing one standardised culture, and the nation supplies it.
★Hans Morgenthau, J.S. Coleman and Rajni Kothari are notable scholars but did not write this work.
★So the title belongs to Gellner.
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