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In which newspaper did Gellner prompt a leader and a month-long correspondence over his first book?
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In 1959, Ernest Gellner published his first book, Words and Things. It was a critical analysis of the philosophical concept of "meaning", and argued that meaning is not something that exists in language itself, but is instead a product of social interactions. The book received mixed reviews from philosophers, but it was praised by sociologists and anthropologists.
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