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The remarkable and prolific works of Eric Hobsbawm have gone ...
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Shrewdly and eruditely, guided by critical sympathy, Gregory Elliott provides ...
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Gregory Elliott’s shrewd and characteristically elegant intellectual biography of Hobsbawm ...
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Hobsbawm
History and Politics
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Gregory Elliott
- ISBN: 9780745328454
- Extent: 216pp
- Release Date: 05 Oct 2010
- Size: 215mm x 135mm
- Format: Hardback
- Category: Politics
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Historian Eric Hobsbawm is possibly the foremost chronicler of the modern age. His panoramic studies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, stretching from the French Revolution to the fall of Soviet communism, have informed the historical consciousness of scholars and general readers alike. At the same time, his writings on labour movements and socialist politics have occupied a central place in left-wing debates. Despite this, no extended study of Hobsbawm's work has yet been attempted Gregory Elliott fills this gap in exemplary fashion.
Elliott analyses both the scholarly record of Hobsbawm and the intellectual and political journey that his life represents. In doing so, he seeks to situate Hobsbawm's thought within the context of a generalised crisis of confidence on the Left after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Rich in content and written in Elliott's authoritative and highly readable style, this book is a must for anyone with an interest in Hobsbawm and the crisis of the Left.
About The Author
Gregory Elliott is a Visiting Fellow at Newcastle University. His books include Ends in Sight (Pluto, 2008), Perry Anderson: The Merciless Laboratory of History (1998) and Althusser: The Detour of Theory (2nd edition, 2006).
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