240 Pages
by
Central European University Press
This fascinating study pays tribute to the life and work of the Brazilian essayist, thinker and diplomat José G. Merquior, who died prematurely in 1991. Part I concentrates on Merquiorian thought itself and examines Merquior's own incisive review of the rebirth of the liberal idea. Part II ranges more widely: here, such distinguished contributors as John Hall, Ernest Gellner and Norberto Bobbio... Read more
Notes on Contributors, Acknowledgements, Post Scriptum Triste, Introdution, Part I On Merquiorian Thought, Part II On Merquiorian Themes, Part III. On Merquior's Life and Work, Index
Biography
Ernest Gellner was head of the Centre for the Study of Nationalism, Central European University, Prague.
