The Popular Front and Marxism in Eric Hobsbawm’s Historical Works

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Autor(a) principal: Souvlis, George
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.48487/pdh.2018.n7.22448
Resumo: This essay attempts to offer an understanding of the relation between Eric Hobsbawm’s historiography and politics. In order to grasp effectively this complicated relationship, we need to distinguish between his Marxist methodology (that he used in his historical studies as the main, though not exclusive, analytical framework) and his popular national frontist understanding of politics along with the support for the USSR in the postwar era, as the former is not reducible to the latter and vice-versa. The Marxian analytical tools Hobsbawm used in his works, chosen according to the needs of those studies, derived from debates developed mainly within the Communist Party Historians Group and, secondly, in discussion with other historians and intellectuals. The National Po- pular Front politics that he projected as the ideal strategy in different historical conjunctures and the endorsement of the USSR as a global counter-pole to the USA’s hegemony were an outcome of Hobsbawm’s politicisation during the 1920s and 1930s in the ranks of the Communist International. It is true that those formative experiences were coincidental and inextricable, but they are characterized by a relative autonomy.
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spelling The Popular Front and Marxism in Eric Hobsbawm’s Historical WorksA Frente Popular e o Marxismo na obra historiográfica de Eric HobsbawmMarximoEric HobsbawmFrente NacionalPartido Comunista da Grã-BretanhaMarxismEric HobsbawmNational FrontCommunist Party of Great BritainThis essay attempts to offer an understanding of the relation between Eric Hobsbawm’s historiography and politics. In order to grasp effectively this complicated relationship, we need to distinguish between his Marxist methodology (that he used in his historical studies as the main, though not exclusive, analytical framework) and his popular national frontist understanding of politics along with the support for the USSR in the postwar era, as the former is not reducible to the latter and vice-versa. The Marxian analytical tools Hobsbawm used in his works, chosen according to the needs of those studies, derived from debates developed mainly within the Communist Party Historians Group and, secondly, in discussion with other historians and intellectuals. The National Po- pular Front politics that he projected as the ideal strategy in different historical conjunctures and the endorsement of the USSR as a global counter-pole to the USA’s hegemony were an outcome of Hobsbawm’s politicisation during the 1920s and 1930s in the ranks of the Communist International. It is true that those formative experiences were coincidental and inextricable, but they are characterized by a relative autonomy.Este artigo procura compreender a relação entre a historiografia e a política em Eric Hosbsbawm. De modo a interpelar esta relação complexa, precisamos de distinguir entre a sua metodologia marxista (que foi o quadro analítico por si mais utilizado – ainda que não o único – nas suas investigações historiográficas) e o seu entendimento frentista (nacional e popular) da política, paralelo ao seu apoio à URSS no pós-guerra, evitando assim tomar uma coisa pela outra. As ferramentas analíticas marxistas que Hobsbawm utilizou nas suas obras, escolhidas de acordo com as especificidades das investigações que foi desenvolvendo, provieram de debates desenvolvidos, em primeiro lugar, no interior do Grupo de Historiadores do Partido Comunista e, em segundo lugar, de discussões mantidas com outros historiadores e intelectuais. A política de frente nacional e popular que assumiu como estratégia ideal em diferentes conjunturas históricas e o seu apoio à URSS como pólo global de oposição à hegemonia norte-americana eram um efeito da politização de Hobsbawm nos anos de 1920 e de 1930 no quadro da Internacional Comunista. Se é certo que estas duas realidades coincidiram no tempo e são indissociáveis uma da outra, guardam entre si uma autonomia relativa.Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa2021-01-21info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.48487/pdh.2018.n7.22448https://doi.org/10.48487/pdh.2018.n7.22448Práticas da História. Journal on Theory, Historiography and Uses of the Past; No. 7 (2018); 105-132Práticas da História. Journal on Theory, Historiography and Uses of the Past; N.º 7 (2018); 105-1322183-590Xreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://praticasdahistoria.pt/article/view/22448https://praticasdahistoria.pt/article/view/22448/16554Copyright (c) 2021 Práticas da História. Journal on Theory, Historiography and Uses of the Pastinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSouvlis, George2023-04-15T05:23:07Zoai:ojs.revistas.rcaap.pt:article/22448Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:49:20.075524Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Popular Front and Marxism in Eric Hobsbawm’s Historical Works
A Frente Popular e o Marxismo na obra historiográfica de Eric Hobsbawm
title The Popular Front and Marxism in Eric Hobsbawm’s Historical Works
spellingShingle The Popular Front and Marxism in Eric Hobsbawm’s Historical Works
Souvlis, George
Marximo
Eric Hobsbawm
Frente Nacional
Partido Comunista da Grã-Bretanha
Marxism
Eric Hobsbawm
National Front
Communist Party of Great Britain
title_short The Popular Front and Marxism in Eric Hobsbawm’s Historical Works
title_full The Popular Front and Marxism in Eric Hobsbawm’s Historical Works
title_fullStr The Popular Front and Marxism in Eric Hobsbawm’s Historical Works
title_full_unstemmed The Popular Front and Marxism in Eric Hobsbawm’s Historical Works
title_sort The Popular Front and Marxism in Eric Hobsbawm’s Historical Works
author Souvlis, George
author_facet Souvlis, George
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Souvlis, George
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Marximo
Eric Hobsbawm
Frente Nacional
Partido Comunista da Grã-Bretanha
Marxism
Eric Hobsbawm
National Front
Communist Party of Great Britain
topic Marximo
Eric Hobsbawm
Frente Nacional
Partido Comunista da Grã-Bretanha
Marxism
Eric Hobsbawm
National Front
Communist Party of Great Britain
description This essay attempts to offer an understanding of the relation between Eric Hobsbawm’s historiography and politics. In order to grasp effectively this complicated relationship, we need to distinguish between his Marxist methodology (that he used in his historical studies as the main, though not exclusive, analytical framework) and his popular national frontist understanding of politics along with the support for the USSR in the postwar era, as the former is not reducible to the latter and vice-versa. The Marxian analytical tools Hobsbawm used in his works, chosen according to the needs of those studies, derived from debates developed mainly within the Communist Party Historians Group and, secondly, in discussion with other historians and intellectuals. The National Po- pular Front politics that he projected as the ideal strategy in different historical conjunctures and the endorsement of the USSR as a global counter-pole to the USA’s hegemony were an outcome of Hobsbawm’s politicisation during the 1920s and 1930s in the ranks of the Communist International. It is true that those formative experiences were coincidental and inextricable, but they are characterized by a relative autonomy.
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