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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 37 Citations 18,304 207 World Ranking 3338 National Ranking 560

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Epistemology
  • Law
  • Social science

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Epistemology, Social science, Religious studies, Ethnology and Anthropology. His study in Epistemology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Social psychology, Legitimation and Haute cuisine. His work on Social philosophy as part of general Social science research is frequently linked to Outline of social science, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science.

His Religious studies study combines topics in areas such as Nationalism, Humanities, Postmodernism, Ethical relativism and Fundamentalism. His studies examine the connections between Anthropology and genetics, as well as such issues in Faith, with regards to Civil society. His study with Civil society involves better knowledge in Politics.

His most cited work include:

  • Conditions of liberty : civil society and its rivals (621 citations)
  • Thought and Change (523 citations)
  • The Idea of a Social Science (461 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Social science, Epistemology, Anthropology, Solitude and Religious studies. His Social science research incorporates themes from Aesthetics, Environmental ethics, Politics and Relativism. His is involved in several facets of Anthropology study, as is seen by his studies on Sociocultural anthropology and Social anthropology.

His Solitude research incorporates elements of Empiricism, Habsburg Empire, Romanticism, Philosophy of social science and Cosmopolitanism. He combines subjects such as Literature, Atomism and Individualism with his study of Philosophy of social science. The various areas that Ernest Gellner examines in his Religious studies study include Liberalism and Nationalism.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social science (15.57%)
  • Epistemology (13.68%)
  • Anthropology (11.32%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1991-2019)?

  • Solitude (9.43%)
  • Philosophy of social science (8.49%)
  • Social science (15.57%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Ernest Gellner mainly focuses on Solitude, Philosophy of social science, Social science, Anthropology and Epistemology. His research investigates the connection between Solitude and topics such as Cosmopolitanism that intersect with problems in Religious studies, German and Humanities. His studies in Social science integrate themes in fields like Industrialisation, Environmental ethics, Politics and Relativism.

His work in Marxist philosophy, Democracy and Pluralism is related to Politics. The study incorporates disciplines such as Eastern european, Philology and Feminism in addition to Anthropology. His Epistemology research integrates issues from Mistake and Fundamentalism.

Between 1991 and 2019, his most popular works were:

  • Conditions of liberty : civil society and its rivals (621 citations)
  • Postmodernism, reason and religion (408 citations)
  • Encounters with nationalism (187 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Epistemology
  • Social science

Ernest Gellner mostly deals with Religious studies, Anthropology, Ideology, Nationalism and Politics. His work deals with themes such as Orientation, Postmodernism, Ethical relativism and Fundamentalism, which intersect with Religious studies. His work on Sociocultural anthropology and Social anthropology as part of his general Anthropology study is frequently connected to Four field approach, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science.

His Ideology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Linguistic philosophy and Linguistics. In his study, Civil society is inextricably linked to Doublethink, which falls within the broad field of Marxist philosophy. In most of his Law studies, his work intersects topics such as Epistemology.

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Best Publications

Thought and Change

Ernest Gellner.
(1964)

2536 Citations

Postmodernism, reason and religion

Ernest Gellner.
(1992)

1914 Citations

Plough, Sword, and Book: The Structure of Human History

Ernest Gellner.
(1988)

1002 Citations

Conditions of liberty : civil society and its rivals

Ernest Gellner.
Social Forces (1995)

976 Citations

Encounters with nationalism

Ernest Gellner.
(1994)

870 Citations

Culture, identity, and politics

Ernest Gellner.
(1987)

731 Citations

Patrons and clients in Mediterranean societies

Ernest Gellner;John Waterbury.
(1977)

726 Citations

The Idea of a Social Science

Ernest Gellner;Peter Winch.
British Journal of Sociology (1960)

704 Citations

Legitimation of Belief

Ernest Gellner.
(1975)

579 Citations

REASON AND CULTURE: THE HISTORIC ROLE OF RATIONALITY AND RATIONALISM

Ernest Gellner.
Contemporary Sociology (1993)

527 Citations

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