Plough, Sword, and Book: The Structure of Human History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226287027)

"Philosophical anthropology on the grandest scale. . . .Gellner has produced a sharp challenge to his colleagues and a thrilling book for the non-specialist. Deductive history on this scale cannot be proved right or wrong, but this is Gellner writing, incisive, iconoclastic, witty and expert. His scenario compels our attention."--Adam Kuper, New Statesman

"A thoughtful and lively meditation upon probably the greatest transformation in human history, upon the difficult problems it poses and the scant resources it has left us to solve them."--Charles Larmore, New Republic

Author: Ernest Gellner
ISBN-10: 0226287025
ISBN-13: 9780226287027
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 03/02/1992
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/30/1990