本文在简单陈述“西方中心论”的渊源与流变基础上 ,试图分析当代英国马克思主义史学家埃里克·霍布斯鲍姆的世界史观 ,探讨其史学研究和史学思想的全球视野与全球历史观的内涵和特点。特别指出 ,他的全球历史观无力避免传统西方中心论的影响 ,在某种程度上 ,其欧洲中心主义情结是一种显在的和隐蔽的西方中心论结合形态 On the basis of a simple statement of the origin and evolution of “Western Centralism,” this article attempts to analyze the contemporary British Marxist historian Ehre Hobbsbaum’s view of the world history and explore its global perspective and historical perspective The Connotation and Characteristics of Global History. In particular, he points out that his view of global history can not afford to avoid the influence of the traditional Western centralism. To some extent, his Eurocentric complex is an obvious and covert western-centric combination