Eric Hobsbawm's works have had a nearly incalculable effect across generations of readers and students, influencing more than the practice of history but also the perception of it. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, of second-generation British parents, Hobsbawm was orphaned at age fourteen in 1931. Living with an uncle in Berlin, he experienced the full force of world economic depress...
Eric Hobsbawm's works have had a nearly incalculable effect across generations of readers and students, influencing more than the practice of history but also the perception of it. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, of second-generation British parents, Hobsbawm was orphaned at age fourteen in 1931. Living with an uncle in Berlin, he experienced the full force of world economic depression, and in the charged reaction to it in Germany was forced to choose between Nazism and Communism, which was no choice at all. Hobsbawm's lifelong allegiance to Communism inspired his pioneering work in social history, particularly the trilogy for which he is most famous--The Age of Revolution, The Age of Capital, and The Age of Empire--covering what he termed "the long nineteenth century" in Europe. Selling in the millions of copies, these held sway among generations of readers, some of whom went on to have prominent careers in politics and business.
In this comprehensive biography of Hobsbawm, acclaimed historian Richard Evans (author of The Third Reich Trilogy, among other works) offers both a living portrait and vital insight into one of the most influential intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Using exclusive and unrestricted access to the unpublished material, Evans places Hobsbawm's writings within their historical and political context. Hobsbawm's Marxism made him a controversial figure but also, uniquely and universally, someone who commanded respect even among those who did not share-or who even outright rejected-his political beliefs. Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History gives us one of the 20th century's most colorful and intellectually compelling figures. It is an intellectual life of the century itself.
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Richard Evans was Regius Professor of history at Cambridge University and, until his retirement, President of Wolfson College. He is Provost of Gresham College in London, and was knighted for his service to scholarship in 2012.
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Eric also had a reputation at King's as an unorthodox Communist. As J. H. Money, an MI5 official, reported in October 1953:
When I visited King's in June of this year I overheard one of the Fellows, named HARRIS, discussing HOBSBAWM. He said that HOBSBAWM was thoroughly out of date with his Communism and was still in the popular front era; that he would probably not survive if the Russians came' … On previous occasion another Fellow had remarked: ‘HOBSBAWM would shoot us with regret’. (查看原文)
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1 有用 獭鸡马 2021-12-13 15:30:07
今年读过的大部头里，最好的一本。拆解了Hobsbawm本人想要对外呈现的信仰神话，但放出了一个在近乎整个20世纪里，一直艰难平衡信念与真诚 的普通人，一个合格的20世纪人。让人难免好奇，一个合格的21世纪人又该是什么样的。
1 有用 獭鸡马 2021-12-13 15:30:07
今年读过的大部头里，最好的一本。拆解了Hobsbawm本人想要对外呈现的信仰神话，但放出了一个在近乎整个20世纪里，一直艰难平衡信念与真诚 的普通人，一个合格的20世纪人。让人难免好奇，一个合格的21世纪人又该是什么样的。