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Sep 18, 2008Keywords:
world history world society capital working class
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A Historian of World Society: A Study of the Historian Eric Hobsbawm and a Critique of His Age of Capital
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Professor Eric Hobsbawm may be described as a professional Marxist historian. The subjects he writes about include labour, artisans, peasants and the working class or, in short, the “forgotten majority” in the society. He regards himself as a historian of society and he practises dynamic history which is the interpretation of society with a view to changing it for the better. He has suggested that the pre-condition for history must be the existence of a total unit or system and has, accordingly, argued that world history – which he has undertaken in Age of Capital is only possible after 1848 when it became possible to think of the world as one unified economy.
Keywords: world history, world society, capital, working class
Journal of Science and Technology Vol. 28 (2) 2008: pp. 102-116
