Hobsbawm's 1998 article reexamining the Communist Manifesto is now available online.
"With the death of Eric Hobsbawm the left has suffered a heavy loss. Transform! is honouring him in this issue by publishing a text that makes immediately evident the famous hallmarks of this great historian a universal historical culture, the capacity for systematic and bold analysis as well as his accessible style free of all academic jargon. If, at the end of his deliberations Hobsbawm points to the alternative of "socialism or barbarism" that the 21st century must confront, he provides a clear indication of the direction in which the left should attempt to go." http://transform-network.net/journal/issue-112012.html By the way, the reprinted article was first published as "Why Read Marx? A Reexamination of the Communist Manifesto", Los Angeles Times Book Review of Feburary 8th, 1998. At that time, Jim Devine kindly sent the article by fax for preparing a German translation. The then editorial director of the L.A.T.'s book-review section was sacked for publishing Hobsbawm's article. http://tinyurl.com/bnqrq75 _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
