Abstract
In the following article we make an analysis of the paper of the First
World War in a possible “philosophy of the history” of the British
historian Eric Hobsbawm. To achieve this we first give three axial
arguments to defend our position that asserts that Hobsbawm
developed, in a certain way, a philosophy of history. Then we move
on enumerate the causes that the historian found triggered the
Great War, in order to comprehend the nature and functionality of
them inside of his philosophy of history. We end reflecting on the
meaning of the First War inside the global historical evolution, in
so far as that specific strife, according to Hobsbawm, signified for
mankind both progresses and regressions on various areas of the
life. It was a strife that seems to simultaneously mean, therefore,
a hope and a deception for the rationalistic objectives of the
Enlightenment and the ends of Marxism.
World War in a possible “philosophy of the history” of the British
historian Eric Hobsbawm. To achieve this we first give three axial
arguments to defend our position that asserts that Hobsbawm
developed, in a certain way, a philosophy of history. Then we move
on enumerate the causes that the historian found triggered the
Great War, in order to comprehend the nature and functionality of
them inside of his philosophy of history. We end reflecting on the
meaning of the First War inside the global historical evolution, in
so far as that specific strife, according to Hobsbawm, signified for
mankind both progresses and regressions on various areas of the
life. It was a strife that seems to simultaneously mean, therefore,
a hope and a deception for the rationalistic objectives of the
Enlightenment and the ends of Marxism.