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Nina Bernstein
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Hobsbawm’s style: “Not only did it allow him to demonstrate his absolute command over the rule and its exceptions; it also saved him from the misplaced mania for contingency, the fetish for the telling detail, that sinks the work of so many historians.” newyorker.com/books/under-re…
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corey robin
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You can listen to it here. The part on Thomas and his patriarchal black nationalism begins at 30:15. Stay for the great song at the end. leftanchor.podbean.com/e/episode-63-c… twitter.com/LeftistWonk/st…
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corey robin
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definitely not well ensconced with me. had to read a lot of hobsbawm, not just the four volumes, but books of essays, invention of tradition, and more.
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corey robin
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thanks!
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corey robin
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thank you!
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corey robin
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Thank you!
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corey robin
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thanks!
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corey robin
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thank you!
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corey robin
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thanks!
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Matt Dimick
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"The struggle between capitalism and socialism was never a question of how to organize economic life; it was a question of whether life would be organized by economics" Eric Hobsbawm, the Communist Who Explained History newyorker.com/books/under-re… @CoreyRobin @NewYorker
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corey robin
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thank you!
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Chris Hayes
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This is crushingly good. twitter.com/CoreyRobin/sta…
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corey robin
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For what it's worth, @GregGrandin tells me this is how he writes all the time. He's not a bad model to follow either!
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corey robin
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Thank you!
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corey robin
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Yikes, have passed this on to the higher-ups. Thanks for letting me know!
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corey robin
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I *love* Evans. So I was equally sad, if not sadder.
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corey robin
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Thanks, Eyal!
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corey robin
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corey robin
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Thank you so much!
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Michael Caley
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absolutely brilliant writing in this @CoreyRobin review of a biography of and celebration of the life of Eric Hobsbawm newyorker.com/books/under-re… pic.twitter.com/7zQZ44gaZh
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