close reading of eric hobsbawm’s “the age of revolution”
eric hobsbawm’s the age of revolution: 1789-1848 examines the foundational period in which the modern world began to take shape. the two […]
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the last duel – eric jager
the smell of smoke still lingered in the streets of paris. on a cold winter morning in 1386, people stumbled
strangers, gods and monsters – richard kearney
richard kearney’s “strangers, gods and monsters” is a profound exploration of the human struggle to define itself in relation to
the dawn of everything – david graeber and david wengrow
traditional histories often present human development as a linear progression, from hunter-gatherer groups to agricultural revolutions and eventually hierarchical state