America was born modern; it did not have to achieve...

America was born modern; it did not have to achieve modernity, nor did it have modernity thrust upon it.

Anthropology and Politics (1995)

Ernest Gellner Quotes

America was born modern; it did not have to achieve modernity, nor did it have modernity thrust upon it.

America was born modern; it did not have to achieve modernity, nor did it have modernity thrust upon it.

America was born modern; it did not have to achieve modernity, nor did it have modernity thrust upon it.

America was born modern; it did not have to achieve modernity, nor did it have modernity thrust upon it.