Emile Chabal(@emile_chabal):I talk about this (neglected) essay at length in my book as a) a fascinating intervention in late 70s UK left debates on Scotland; b) the beginning of Hobsbawm's "return" to the British intellectual scene; and c) another example of his anti-Zionism.

Emile Chabal

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Professor of Contemporary History @HCAatEdinburgh. 20thC France/Europe, political & intellectual history, Hobsbawm, migration. Editor @conteurohistory.

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Emile Chabal@emile_chabal

2026.09.21 10:22

I talk about this (neglected) essay at length in my book as a) a fascinating intervention in late 70s UK left debates on Scotland; b) the beginning of Hobsbawm's "return" to the British intellectual scene; and c) another example of his anti-Zionism.