Ernest Gellner Quotes

Tribalism never prospers, for when it does, everyone will respect it as a true nationalism, and no-one will dare call it tribalism.

Ernest Gellner

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  Ernest Gellner
  • Doe
  • Nationalism
  • Tribalism