20世纪最杰出的历史学家、最著名的知识分子之一埃瑞克·霍布斯鲍姆(Eric Hobsbawm,1917-2012)于2012年10月1日去世。一个人享年95岁,应该是高寿了,但是他的逝世仍然给知识界留下几丝隐隐的遗憾,因为作为知识分子,霍布斯鲍姆是一位无与伦比的跨世纪的伟大人物。席卷全世界的哀悼浪潮证明这一事实。英国主要日报都曾以头条形式报道了他逝世的消息,因为他不仅是世界知名人士,也是一位遐迩闻名、名副其实的学术巨擘。20世纪最伟大的马克思主义历史学家 Eric Hobsbawm, one of the most famous intellectuals of the 20th century, died on October 1, 2012. A man at the age of 95 should be longevity, but his death still leaves a few faint regrets for the intellectual world, as an intellectual, Hobbsbaum is an incomparable great man of the past century. The wave of mourning sweeping the world proves this fact. The main daily newspapers in the UK reported on the headlines the news of his death because he is not only a celebrity from the world, but also a world-renowned and truly academic giants. The greatest Marxist historian of the twentieth century