A Time Fractured, the latest book by one of the most renowned historians of our time, Eric Hobsbawm, fully reflects the originality of his critical vision, fundamental knowledge of cultural history, structural clarity and passionate, capacious manner of presentation. Analyzing a wide variety of trends and movements in art and society - from classical music to the artistic avant-garde of the 1920s, from modernism to pop art, from feminism to religious fundamentalism, Hobsbawm pinpoints the turning points of eras and establishes their relationship. A combination of left-wing beliefs and a deep connection with pre- and inter-war culture Central Europe is largely explained by Hobsbawm's biography: the same age as the revolution of 1917, he grew up in a Jewish family in Berlin and Vienna, with the advent of the Nazis he emigrated to Great Britain, where he graduated from Cambridge and joined the Communist Party. His harsh statements often caused controversy and indignation. However, Hobsbawm's numerous historical works, most notably the trilogy on the history of the "long nineteenth century" ("The Age of Revolution", "The Age of Capital" and "The Age of Empire") and "The Age of Extremes" about the "short twentieth", have become generally recognized as the pinnacle of world historiography. Having a deep knowledge of the past, he was able to discern and predict many of the misconceptions of modern society as insightfully as few others have been able to.