Melancholy, fear and forms of political economy in the short twentieth century

From Eric Hobsbawm to Thomas Piketty

Authors

  • João Rodrigues University of Coimbra, Centre for Social Studies, Faculty of Economics

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-8622_23_1

Keywords:

fear, melancholy, capitalism, communism, political economy

Abstract

Drawing on the concept of “leftwing melancholia”, introduced by Enzo Traverso, this article explores the melancholic perspective of Eric Hobsbawm on the short twentieth century. Valuing Hobsbawm’s hypothesis about the role that fear of communism played in social-democratic reforms, it argues that social-democratic intellectuals, both in history and political economy, share his pioneering diagnosis. 

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Published

2023-12-15

Issue

No. 23 (2023)

Section

Caderno temático

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