The Century of Eric Hobsbawm (opens in new tab)

[ "Enzo Traverso is one of the most esteemed intellectual historians of our time, and Eric Hobsbawm is arguably the greatest historian of the twentieth century. What an honor to feature an essay by Traverso that takes the measure of a forthcomingintellectual biography of Hobsbawm. Hobsbawm wrote from a Marxist perspective yet always rejected reductive determinism, emphasizing complex interactions among class, culture, and contingency. Traverso’s essay is in part a lament for Hobsbawm’s brand ...