Atireko Ka Yug 1914 se 1991 (Hindi Translation Of The Age Of Extremes) (Set Of 2 Books)

The Age of Extremes: 1914-1991 is historian Eric Hobsbawm’s personal account of world history from the years 1914 to 1991. The specific years that define the boundaries of this era stand for significant events in 20th century history. While the year 1914 represents the outbreak of World War I, the year 1991 stands for the disintegration of the USSR. The book’s underlying theme takes the same moody undertones adopted by these two extreme events.

Hobsbawm opens this 600-page epic with 12 contrasting observations pertaining to the 20th century. Positive aspects such as the giant strides in the field of science and technology and people rising in unison to create a better world are pitted against the two massive wars and massacres and the opposition by the irrational and the enemies of reason.

This century also bore witness to the holocaust, Stalinism, and various other instances of oppression and genocide. It’s because of these events that 20th century history wears the tag of extremism, the phenomenon underlying the subject matter in this book.