Eric Hobsbawm was one of the most influential historians of the 20th century, known for shaping Marxist historiography and shifting historical writing away from kings and governments toward the lived experience of ordinary people — an approach often called “history from below.” A lifelong Marxist and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, HobsbawmContinue reading “Eric Hobsbawm: Marxist History, the Dual Revolution and ‘History from Below’”