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The Century of Eric Hobsbawm
Eric Hobsbawm’s enduring power lay in his ability to synthesize vast historical processes into compelling narratives that made the modern world legible. Yet, argues Traverso, the celebrated Marxist hi...
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“ #TheAgeofExtremes, the #book that canonized him as a celebrity on a global scale, far beyond the boundaries of #academia. Anyone who read this work at the time was deeply struck by such a tour de force …” #EricHobsbawm #BookSky #historians #books www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-ce...