The twentieth century, according to Eric Hobsbawm. A criticism and an alternative interpretation

Abstract

The British Historian, Eric Hobsbawm, described the 20th. century as a "short century", that begun with the I World War and ended when the Wall of Berlín was turned down into pieces. The author criticises the optimistic approach of Hobsbawm, as a result of a Eurocentric post-Cold War mentality.

Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 105, 2005: 427-433