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Eric Hobsbawm

Eric Hobsbawm

Born 9 June 1917 · Died 1 October 2012

Eric Ernest Hobsbawm was a British academic historian and Marxist historiographer.

Quotes

  • “Human beings are not efficiently designed for a capitalist system of production.”
    The Age of Extremes, p. 414
  • “The era of liberal triumph began with a defeated revolution and ended in a prolonged depression. The first forms a more convenient signpost for marking the beginning or end of a historical period than the second, but history does not consult the convenience of historians, though some of them are not always aware of it.”
    The Age of Capital, Chapter 16
  • “The greatest cruelties of our century have been the impersonal cruelties of remote decision, of system and routine, especially when they could be justified as regrettable operational necessity.”
    The Age of Extremes
  • “Of all the economic consequences of the age of dual revolution this division between the ‘advanced’ and the ‘underdeveloped’ countries proved to be the most profound and the most lasting.”
    The Age of Revolution, Chapter 9
  • “People may not like to meet bandits, especially on a dark night, but a taste for reading about them seems to be universal.”
    Bandits

Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Books by Eric Hobsbawm in order

Books by Eric Hobsbawm in the order they were published, from Primitive Rebels (1959) to On Nationalism (2021).

  1. 1Primitive RebelsPrimitive Rebels1959
  2. 2The Jazz SceneThe Jazz Scene1959
  3. 3The Age of RevolutionThe Age of Revolution1962
  4. 4Labouring MenLabouring Men1964
  5. 5Captain SwingCaptain Swing1968
  6. 6Industry and EmpireIndustry and Empire1968
  7. 7BanditsBandits1969
  8. 8RevolutionariesRevolutionaries1973
  9. 9The Age of Capital, 1848-1875The Age of Capital, 1848-18751975
  10. 10Culture, Ideology, and PoliticsCulture, Ideology, and Politics1982
  11. 11The History of MarxismThe History of Marxism1982
  12. 12The Invention of TraditionThe Invention of Tradition1983
  13. 13The Age of Empire 1875-1914The Age of Empire 1875-19141987
  14. 14Echoes of the MarseillaiseEchoes of the Marseillaise1990
  15. 15Nations and Nationalism Since 1780Nations and Nationalism Since 17801990
  16. 16The Age of ExtremesThe Age of Extremes1994
  17. 17On HistoryOn History1997
  18. 18Uncommon PeopleUncommon People1998
  19. 19Il secolo breve 1914-1991. L'epoca più violenta della storiaIl secolo breve 1914-1991. L'epoca più violenta della storia dell'umanità2000
  20. 20New CenturyNew Century2000
  21. 21Interesting TimesInteresting Times2002
  22. 22On EmpireOn Empire2008
  23. 23How to Change the WorldHow to Change the World2011
  24. 24On NationalismOn Nationalism2021

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