What is The Age of Extremes?
Q: What is The Age of Extremes?
A: The Age of Extremes is a book written by Eric Hobsbawm that comments on the failures of state communism, capitalism, and nationalism, and the changes in society and the arts during the latter half of the twentieth century.
Q: What is Hobsbawm skeptical of?
A: Hobsbawm is skeptical of the progress of the arts and changes in society in the latter half of the twentieth century.
Q: What does Hobsbawm call the period from World War I to the fall of the Soviet Union?
A: Hobsbawm calls the period from the start of World War I to the fall of the Soviet Union "the short twentieth century".
Q: What was "the long 19th century"?
A: "The long 19th century" was the period from the start of the French Revolution in 1789 to the start of World War I in 1914.
Q: What other books did Hobsbawm write that are related to The Age of Extremes?
A: Hobsbawm wrote three other books related to The Age of Extremes: The Age of Revolution: Europe, 1789-1848, The Age of Capital: 1848–1875, and The Age of Empire: 1875–1914.
Q: What was the subtitle of The Age of Extremes when it was published in the United States?
A: The subtitle of The Age of Extremes when it was published in the United States was "A History of the World, 1914–1991".
Q: What did Hobsbawm comment on in The Age of Extremes?
A: In The Age of Extremes, Hobsbawm commented on the failures of state communism, capitalism, and nationalism, and the changes in society and the arts during the latter half of the twentieth century.
