Bandyta społeczny
Social bandit
Author(s): Eric J. HobsbawmSubject(s): Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Marxism, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Brigands; class struggle; history of pre-modern Europe; revolution;
Summary/Abstract: The essay is a translation of a chapter of Eric Hobsbawm’s classic book Primitive Rebels. Hobsbawm attempted to create an ideal model of a social bandit by analysing examples of European brigands from the thirteenth to the twentieth century. In the second part of the essay, the author reflects on the political potential of a social bandit, i.e. whether this kind of activity can effectively undermine existing hierarchies.
Journal: Praktyka teoretyczna
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 33
- Page Range: 115-134
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Polish