why 20th centuary is called as age of extremes
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The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914–1991 is a book by Eric Hobsbawm, published in 1994. In it, Hobsbawm comments on what he sees as the disastrous failures of state communism, capitalism, and nationalism; he offers an equally skeptical take on the progress of the arts and changes in society in the latter half of the twentieth century.
Hobsbawm calls the period from the start of World War I to the fall of the so-called Soviet bloc "the short twentieth century", to follow on "the long 19th century", the period from the start of the French Revolution in 1789 to the start of World War I in 1914, which he covered in an earlier trilogy of histories (The Age of Revolution: Europe, 1789-1848, The Age of Capital: 1848–1875, The Age of Empire: 1875–1914). In the United States, the book was published with the subtitle A History of the World, 1914–1991 (ISBN 978-0-679-73005-7).
Eric hobsawm, a historian , called the 20th century 'The Ages Of Extremes'. politically ,the world saw shoots of democractic aspirations grow amidst the rise of Fascist domination which fostered ideologies of unquestioned power and hatred for other peoples.Literacy levels and average life expectancy grew immensely for all. New forms of art like movies emerged .scientific knowledge rose to new heights unlocking the secrets of atom and life . women, who constitute half the worldś population, got their right to vote in this period, starting with the west. Literally more than a hundred nations walked to independence and freedom across the world. This was also an age of great experimentation as people strove to built socialist societies based on the principles of equality and fraternity or alternatively a liberal democracy based on political liberty and capitalist economy.