British-Czech philosopher and social theorist who wrote Nations and Nationalism — a structural account of nationalism as a product of industrialization — and was a leading critic of Wittgenstein's later philosophy.
Nations and Nationalism: nationalism is not ancient but modern — it is generated by the cultural requirements of industrial society (mobile, literate, culturally homogeneous labor force). Words and Things: a fierce critique of Wittgenstein's ordinary language philosophy. Muslim Society: a structural analysis of Islam's social organization.
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