Articles by Eric Hobsbawm

• World Distempers
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR 61, January-February 2010, pp. 133-150
  Subjects: History and Historiography , Nationalism , World Economy and Globalization
  

  The author of Age of Extremes discusses the major developments since the end of the Cold War. Amid the turbulence of capital’s advance, what larger problems should historians seek to understand?

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• History and Illusion
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR I/220, November-December 1996, pp. 116-125
  Subjects: Communist Movement , History and Historiography , Political Theory and Strategy
  

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• Identity Politics and the Left
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR I/217, May-June 1996, pp. 38-47
  Subjects: Nationalism , Political Theory and Strategy , Social Theory
  

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• Barbarism: A User's Guide
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR I/206, July-August 1994, pp. 44-54
  Subjects: History and Historiography , Philosophy , Social Theory
  

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• The Crisis of Today's Ideologies
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR I/192, March-April 1992, pp. 55-64
  Subjects: Political Theory and Strategy
  

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• Farewell to the Classic Labour Movement?
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR I/173, January-February 1989, pp. 69-74
  Subjects: Political Theory and Strategy
  

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• Labour in the Great City
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR I/166, November-December 1987, pp. 39-51
  Subjects: History and Historiography , Europe
  

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• Marx and History
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR I/143, January-February 1984, pp. 39-50
  Subjects: History and Historiography , Political Theory and Strategy
  

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• Looking Forward: History and the Future
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR I/125, January-February 1981, pp. 3-19
  Subjects: History and Historiography
  

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• Some Reflections on 'The Break-up of Britain'
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR I/105, September-October 1977, pp. 3-23
  Subjects: Britain , Nationalism , Political Theory and Strategy
  

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• Confronting Defeat: The German Communist Party
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR I/61, May-June 1970, pp. 83-92
  Subjects: Communist Movement , Germany
  

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• Problems of Communist History
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR I/54, March-April 1969, pp. 85-91
  Subjects: Communist Movement , History and Historiography
  

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• The Spanish Background
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR I/40, November-December 1966, pp. 85-90
  Subjects: History and Historiography , Spain
  

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• Vietnam and the Dynamics of Guerrilla War
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR I/33, September-October 1965, pp. 59-68
  Subjects: War and Peace , Vietnam
  

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• French Communism
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR I/31, May-June 1965, pp. 95-101
  Subjects: Communist Movement , France
  

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• Parliamentary Cretinism?
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR I/12, November-December 1961, pp. 64-66
  Subjects: Britain , Labour Movements and Parties
  

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• Hyndman and the SDF
  • Eric Hobsbawm

  in NLR I/10, July-August 1961, pp. 69-72
  Subjects: Britain , Labour Movements and Parties
  

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