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  • Reason and Culture. The Historic Role of Rationality and Rationalism. Blackwell, Oxford / Cambridge USA, 1994. Reprint 1st ed.1992. XIV,193p. Paperback. Front cover slightly creased. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper.'In this fascinating and extremely well written work, Gellner traces the ramifications of opposing Western rationalism to traditional notions of culture.' (Choice). 'Donning once again his old philosophical hat, Ernest Gellner pulls out of it an increasingly scarce but badly needed good: a defence of Reason, and a very militant defence at that.' (The times Higher Educational Supplement). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 65.00 (Antiquarian) ISBN: 9780631137115