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Ideologies / Orthodox Marxist / Eric Hobsbawm
Eric Hobsbawm — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1917–2012 · United Kingdom · Historian

Eric Hobsbawm

The age of revolution

Marxist history of the modern world.

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The pre-eminent Marxist historian, whose sweeping 'Age of...' tetralogy interpreted the modern world through the rise and crisis of capitalism.

social

Cosmopolitan progressive intellectual.

economic

Lifelong commitment to common ownership and the labour movement.

governance

Democratic-minded communist who outlived the regimes.

Notable for
  • 'The Age of Revolution'
  • Marxist historiography
  • Theorist of nationalism
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