Globalisation Democracy and Te

Hobsbawm, E. J. (Eric J. ).

ISBN 10: 0349120668 / ISBN 13: 9780349120669

Verlag: Abacus Software, 2008

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Globalisation Democracy and Te
• Verlag: Abacus Software
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0349120668
• ISBN-13: 9780349120669
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: Very Good

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Inhaltsangabe

In this collection of illuminating, incisive and thought-provoking essays, Eric Hobsbawm examines every aspect of the issues that have inspired the greatest debate - not only among politicians, academics and commentators but among all of us - in recent years: that is, the effects of globalisation, the plight of democracy and the threat of terrorism. As we are only too aware, all of these have the power to affect our daily lives, from the state of our economies to the fear of murderous bomb attacks in our cities. Hobsbawm discusses war and peace in our lifetime, problems of public order, anarchy and terrorism, nationalism and the changing nature of the nation-state, and the future prospects for democracy, setting out the historical background and the lessons it can offer us. Above all, he turns his piercing gaze to the Middle East and Western imperialism.
Engaging, erudite and demonstrating his characteristically firm grasp of the facts and statistics, Hobsbawm's essays are indispensable to our understanding of the world we live in.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Eric Hobsbawm was a Fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Before retirement he taught at Birkbeck College, University of London, and after retirement at the New School for Social Research in New York. Previous books include AGE OF EXTREMES, THE AGE OF REVOLUTION and THE AGE OF EMPIRE. He died 1st October 2012