Ernest Gellner Quote

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


Anthropology and Politics (1995)


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.