Eric Hobsbawm

Reissued with a new introduction by Owen Jones, Primitive Rebels is the perfect guide to the revolutions that shaped western civilisation, and the bandits, reformers and anarchists who have fought to change the world.

Soon, Cities of Power: The Urban, the National, the Popular, and the Global by Göran Therborn will be on the market. In between Science, Class and Society (1976) and The Killing Fields of Inequality (2013, Swedish translation: Ojämlikhet dödar, 2016) Göran has consistently challenged received wisdom in politics and the social sciences. His Between Sex and Power (2004) is the current global map of family relations and gender equality. With the 1968 article "From Petrograd to Saigon" he laid the foundation for his worldwide reputation as an innovative public intellectual. His critique of the Frankfurt School had repercussions around Europe. Today his work is spread across six continents, Latin America in particular, and has been translated into more than twenty languages.This book is a critical appraisal of the themes Göran Therborn has pursued up till now, and is introduced by Robin Blackburn, for almost twenty years his editor at New Left Review."Göran's continual alertness to different paths to or through modernity, and to varieties of capitalism, will very soon be tested in a dramatic way." - Ian Gough, London School of Economics"This is a very important project and Göran richly deserves it." - Michael Burawoy, UC BerkeleyCONTENTS: INTRODUCTIONS Robin Blackburn, Göran Therborn and the Old Mole Sven Hort & Gunnar Olofsson, A Portrait of the Sociologist as a Young Rebel SECTION I. Class, Politics and Revolutions Anders Stephanson, On Geopolitics in Therbornism, Early and Late Risto Alapuro, Finnish Demonstrations as Confrontations Per H. Jensen, Origins of Danish Flexicurity Robin Blackburn, From Miliband to Corbyn Aliaksei Lastouski, Nikolay Zakharov & Sven Hort, Belarus - Another "Iceberg Society"? Elisabeth Özdalga, Islam-Oriented Trajectories and Turkey's Fluctuating Encounters with European Modernity Åsa Cristina Laurell, Structural Adjustment, Social Exclusion and Violence Lena Lavinas, The Untold Battlefields Against Inequality in Latin America Chang Kyung-sup, Post-Socialist Class Politics with Chinese Characteristics SECTION II. Sex, Gender and Power Anita Göransson & Karin Widerberg, Göran between Sex and Power Eric Hobsbawm, Retreat of the Male Perry Anderson, Atlas of the Family SECTION III. Global Modernities Immanuel Wallerstein, Empire: Dangerous Slippage of a Concept Habibul Haque Khondker, Entangled Globality Gabriella Elgenius, The Principles and Products of the Identity Market Zhanna Kravchenko, Lisa Kings & Sven Hort, Power Ideology and Transformations of Space Bo Rothstein, Manufacturing Social Solidarity Erik Olin Wright, The Capitalist State and the Possibility of SocialismSamtidigt med denna engelska vänbok till Göran Therborn publiceras en svensk pendang i form av en "festskriftsavdelning" i Arkiv. Tidskrift för samhällsanalys nr 6. Numret finns fritt tillgängligt, gratis att läsa och ladda ned, på www.tidskriftenarkiv.se. Det kan också beställas som tryckt utgåva i de vanliga bokhandelskanalerna och direkt från förlaget.

* Brilliant and incisive, HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD leaves us in no doubt that Karl Marx is as much a thinker for our century as he was for the preceding two

The debate on the transition from feudalism to capitalism, originally published in Science and Society in the early 1950s, is one of the most famous episodes in the development of Marxist historiography since the war. It ranged such distinguished contributors as Maurice Dobb, Paul Sweezy, Kohachiro Takahshi and Christopher Hill against each other in a common, critical discussion. Verso has now published the complete texts of the original debate, to which subsequent discussion has returned again and again, together with significant new materials produced by historians since then. These include articles on the same themes by such French and Italian historians as Georges Lefebvre and Giuliano Procacci.What was the role of trade in the Dark Ages? How did feudal rents evolve during the Middle Ages? Where should the economic origins of mediaeval towns be sought? Why did serfdom eventually disappear in Western Europe? What was the exact relationship between city and countryside in the transition from feudalism to capitalism? How should the importance of overseas expansion be assessed for the 'primitive accumulation of capital' in Europe? When should the first bourgeois revolutions be dated, and which social classes participated in them? All these, and many other vital questions for every student of mediaeval and modern history, are widely and freely explored.Finally, for this Verso edition, Rodney Hilton, author of Bond Men Made Free, has written a special introductory essay, reconsidering and summarising relevant scholarship in the two decades since the publication of the original discussion. The result is a book that will be essential for history courses, and fascinating for the general reader.

Edici n a cargo de Donald Sassoon Sigo estando en la curiosa posici n de rechazar, desconfiar, desaprobar y temer al nacionalismo all donde exista ... si bien reconozco su enorme fuerza, que se debe aprovechar para progresar, si ello es posible. En las dos ltimas d cadas, los usos del t rmino nacionalismo han aumentado vertiginosamente con la creciente marea de partidos nacionalistas. En esta recopilaci n de los escritos de Hobsbawm sobre el nacionalismo, vemos algunas de las consideraciones hist ricas cr ticas que aplic a este asunto tan controvertido, lo cual es m s relevante que nunca, ya que nos encontramos en el umbral de una era en la que internet y la globalizaci n del capital amenazan con borrar muchas fronteras nacionales mientras que, en parte como reacci n, el nacionalismo parece resurgir con renovadas fuerzas.M s que cualquier otro historiador de nuestro tiempo, Hobsbawm tuvo mucho cuidado de considerar seriamente estos movimientos y nunca condenar el nacionalismo y el patriotismo como algo simplemente absurdo. La claridad de su intuici n es tan vital hoy como lo fue en su vida: Sobre el nacionalismo es un trabajo esencial para cualquiera que quiera comprender este fen meno.

I remain in the curious position of disliking, distrusting, disapproving and fearing nationalism wherever it exists . . . but recognising its enormous force, which must be harnessed for progress if possible.In the last two decades the uses of the term 'nationalism' has increased steeply with the rising tide of nationalist parties. In this collection of historian Eric Hobsbawm's writing on nationalism, we see some of the critical historical insights he brings to bear on this contentious subject, which is more than ever relevant as we stand on the doorstep of an age when the internet and the globalisation of capital threaten to blow away many national boundaries while, as a reaction, nationalism seems to re-emerge with renewed strength.More than any other historian of our time, Hobsbawm took great care to seriously consider these movements, and never to decry nationalism and patriotism as simply absurd. The clarity of his insight is as vital today as it was in his lifetime: On Nationalism is an essential work for anyone who wants to understand the phenomenon.

History, Culture and Ethnography: Jack Goody, Clifford Geertz and Philippe Descola is a collection of interviews that is being published as a book for the first time. These interviews have been conducted by one of England’s leading social anthropologists and historians, Professor Alan Macfarlane. Filmed over a period of several years, the three conversations in this volume are part of the series Creative Lives and Works. These transcriptions form a part of a larger set of interviews that cut across various disciplines, from the social sciences and the sciences to the performing and visual arts. The current volume is on three of the world’s most eminent social and cultural anthropologists. These conversations focus primarily on fieldwork experience in Ghana, Indonesia and Amazonia and how new dimensions and interpretations were added to the discipline of sociology and social anthropology. While Jack Goody and Clifford Geertz gave a new turn and depth to the disciple through their experiences in West Africa and Indonesia, Philippe Descola, who belongs to the succeeding generation of anthropologists, added human-nature interactions into the mix.This book talks about both overcoming and understanding the importance of taking into account linguistic, historical, economic and cultural elements in the study of these societies through engaging conversations and occasional anecdotes. Immensely riveting as conversations, this collection gives one a flavour of the many different societies and cultures in far-flung reaches of the world encompassing several continents, often with no knowledge of each other’s existence, and a taste of how expansive the discipline of sociology and social anthropology are. The book will be of enormous value not just to those interested in the fields of Sociology, Social Anthropology and Ethnography, but also those with an interest in History, Philosophy, Comparative Religion and Cultural Studies. Please note: This title is co-published with Social Science Press, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Yli 150 vuotta Pääoman julkaisemisen jälkeen vapaat markkinat tuottavat taloudellista epätasa-arvoa ja ympäristöllisen katastrofin. Ilmastonmuutos pakottaa pohtimaan maailman muuttamista. ”Filosofit ovat vain eri tavoin selittäneet maailmaa, mutta tehtävänä on sen muuttaminen”, vaati Karl Marx tasa-arvon edistämisen nimissä. Sittemmin kommunismi epäonnistui, marxilaisuus epäonnistui. Miksi? Nyt on aika arvioida uudelleen kapitalismin suurimman kriitikon - marxilaisuuden - perintö.Teoksessaan Kuinka muuttaa maailmaa arvostettu historiantutkija Eric Hobsbawm käsittelee marxilaisen ajattelun kehitystä ja vaikutuksia läpi historian aina tähän päivään asti. Kirjan näkökulma ylittää oppialojen väliset rajat, ja se on myös kriittinen katsaus marxilaisuuteen.Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) oli merkittävä brittiläinen historioitsija, joka tutki erityisesti teollisuuskapitalismia, sosialismia ja nationalismia. Hän syntyi Aleksandriassa, kävi koulunsa Wienissä, Berliinissä, Lontoossa ja Cambridgessa. Hän opetti Lontoon yliopiston Birkbeck Collegessa ja New Yorkin New School for Social Researchissa. Hänen laajasta tuotannostaan on suomennettu teokset Nationalismi (Vastapaino 1994), Äärimmäisyyksien aika - Lyhyt 1900-luku (Vastapaino 1999) ja Rosvot (Vastapaino 2005). Terävänä kirjoittajana tunnettu Hobsbawn sai useita palkintoja ja valittiin usean tieteellisen seuran jäseneksi (British Academy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Society in Literature).

What was the French Revolution? Was it the triumph of Enlightenment humanist principles, or a violent reign of terror? Did it empower the common man, or just the bourgeoisie? And was it a turning point in world history, or a mere anomaly? E.J. Hobsbawm's classic historiographic study--written at the very moment when a new set of revolutions swept through the Eastern Bloc and brought down the Iron Curtain--explores how the French Revolution was perceived over the following two centuries. He traces how the French Revolution became integral to nineteenth-century political discourse, when everyone from bourgeois liberals to radical socialists cited these historical events, even as they disagreed on what their meaning. And he considers why references to the French Revolution continued to inflame passions into the twentieth century, as a rhetorical touchstone for communist revolutionaries and as a boogeyman for social conservatives. Echoes of the Marseillaise is a stimulating examination of how the same events have been reimagined by different generations and factions to serve various political agendas. It will give readers a new appreciation for how the French Revolution not only made history, but also shaped our fundamental notions about history itself.

Viva La Revolucion is Hobsbawm's magisterial work on Latin America, the fruit of forty years' writing about the continent.

The topics covered in this book can be divided into four broad groups: studies of labour conditions up to the middle of the nineteenth century; studies in the 'new trade unionism' of 1889 to 1914; studies in the late nineteenth-century revival of Socialism in Britain; and more general topics covering a wider chronological span. The common factor in this wide-ranging work is that, unlike much other work of labour history, it concentrates on the working classes as such, and on the economic and technical conditions which allowed labour movements to be effective or which prevented their effectiveness.This work is notable not only for its clarity and incisiveness, but also for the richness and variety of the material, which ranges from Marx to Methodism and from labour traditions to the machine breakers.

From 1955-65 the historian Eric Hobsbawm took the pseudonym 'Francis Newton' and wrote a monthly column for the New Statesman on jazz - music he had loved ever since discovering it as a boy in 1933 ('the year Adolf Hitler took power in Germany'). Hobsbawm's column led to his writing a critical history, The Jazz Scene (1959). This enhanced edition from 1993 adds later writings by Hobsbawm in which he meditates further 'on why jazz is not only a marvellous noise but a central concern for anyone concerned with twentieth-century society and the twentieth-century arts.' 'All the greats are covered in passing (Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday), while further space is given to Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Thelonious Monk, Mahalia Jackson, and Sidney Bechet ... Perhaps Hobsbawm's tastiest comments are about the business side and work ethics, where his historian's eye strips the jazz scene down to its commercial spine.' Kirkus Reviews

Sir Your name is down amongst the Black hearts in the Black Book and this is to advise you and the like of you, who are Parson Justasses, to make your wills Ye have been the Blackguard Enemies of the People on all occasions, Ye have not yet done as ye ought - SwingIn our increasingly mechanized age, the Swing revolts are a timely record of the relationship between technological advance, labour and poverty. With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, capitalism swept from the cities into the countryside, and tensions mounted between agricultural workers and employers. From 1830 on, a series of revolts, known as the "Swing" shook England to its core. Landowners wanting to make their land more profitable started to use machinery to harvest crops, causing widespread misery among rural communities. Captain Swing reveals the background to that upheaval, from its rise to its fall, and shines a light on the people who tried to change the world and save their livelihoods.

An engaging and provocative look at culture, from one of our best-known historians.

An engaging and provocative survey of our current globalised world from one of Britain's foremost political historians.

* Classic essays on revolutionaries from Karl Marx to Che Guevara that could be key to a deeper understanding of today's current affairs

Eric Hobsbawm gilt als einer der wichtigsten Historiker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Seine scharfsinnige Analyse zur Geschichte der Nationen und des Nationalismus ist ein Klassiker der Geschichtswissenschaft und hat bis heute nichts an Aktualität und Bedeutung verloren. Es war der um 1780 entstehende moderne Nationalismus, der unserer heutigen Welt ihr politisches Gesicht verliehen hat. Gegenwärtige Prozesse wie Europäisierung und Globalisierung können losgelöst von nationalen Maßstäben und Kategorien, die in den letzten 200 Jahren geprägt wurden, nicht erklärt werden. Hobsbawm wagt eine Bewertung des folgenreichen Begriffs der Nation und der entsprechenden Bewegungen, deren Lektüre ein Muss für jeden ist, der sich mit dem Thema auseinander setzt.

*The controversial autobiography of one of the most celebrated historians of our time