Eric J. Hobsbawm between British Marxism and Italian Communism

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dc.identifier	ECF_book_384
dc.creator	Di Qual Anna
dc.title	Eric J. Hobsbawm between British Marxism and Italian Communism
dc.type	Monograph
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	By developing the biographical genre though a “translocal micro-history” approach, the research aims to study the figure of Eric J. Hobsbawm focusing on his elective affinity with Italy. It examines the ways in which the encounter of the English historian with this country took place and was renewed from the fifties until the new Millennium. First, it analyzes the relationships networks which Hobsbawm created in Italy or with Italians worldwide; secondly, it considers the results that these interactions provoked at the level of scientific production and political reflection, trying to capture at the same time the transformations that his political identity underwent in contact with the Italian Communist Party. Moreover it try to explore the features that his reputation reached in Italy, discussing the influences his production exerted on Italian historiographical context and on Italian public opinion.
dc.relation.ispartof	Studi di storia
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-400-4
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-03-27
dc.dateAccepted	2019-10-15
dc.dateSubmitted	2019-08-01
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-401-1/
dc.identifier.issn	2610-9883
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9107
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-401-1
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-400-4
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Biography
dc.subject	Communism
dc.subject	Eric Hobsbawm
dc.subject	Italy
dc.subject	Marxism

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abstract

By developing the biographical genre though a “translocal micro-history” approach, the research aims to study the figure of Eric J. Hobsbawm focusing on his elective affinity with Italy. It examines the ways in which the encounter of the English historian with this country took place and was renewed from the fifties until the new Millennium. First, it analyzes the relationships networks which Hobsbawm created in Italy or with Italians worldwide; secondly, it considers the results that these interactions provoked at the level of scientific production and political reflection, trying to capture at the same time the transformations that his political identity underwent in contact with the Italian Communist Party. Moreover it try to explore the features that his reputation reached in Italy, discussing the influences his production exerted on Italian historiographical context and on Italian public opinion.

Published

March 27, 2020

Accepted

Oct. 15, 2019

Submitted

Aug. 1, 2019

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ISBN (PRINT)

978-88-6969-401-1

ISBN (EBOOK)

978-88-6969-400-4

Keywords

Eric Hobsbawm • Biography • Communism • Marxism • Italy

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