Another one who leaves a gap.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/01/eric-hobsbawm?intcmp=239
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Stop Me Before I Vote Again
The lesser evil is still evil
I used to use his book, Primitive Rebels, to help students understand how the transition from feudalism to capitalism, spawned a wide variety of revolts, of types that I had never thought of before.
Just FYI, I still have to use the cache option to view the site. I can get to your previous posts on the 2.0 version of the site without having to click on the Cached option but not the most recent one. You’re still probably working on it, right?
”Another one who leaves a gap.”
Between knowledge and commonplace?
Back in the 70’s if you were a lefty reading history it was Deutscher, EH Carr, EP Thompson and Hobsbawn. With Genovese kicking the bucket last week it really feels like the passing of the guard.
Christopher Hill? Perry Anderson?
G E M de Ste Croix? Marc Bloch? Oh man there were giants in the earth in those days.
All great additions. Anderson is still going pretty strong. Someone I consider in the tradition of these guys and still among the living is Robin Blackburn.