Debate on Pieter M. Judson’s The Habsburg Empire: A New History

Autor: Jakub Beneš, Pieter M. Judson, Mladen Medved, Tamara Scheer, Maureen Healy, Jan Surman, Erika Szívós
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: East Central Europe. 46:343-384
ISSN: 1876-3308
DOI: 10.1163/18763308-04602009
Popis: Since its publication, Pieter M. Judson’s history of the Habsburg Empire: A New History has sparked discussion and debate as a result of its novel reframing of the relationship between nationalism and empire in the Central European polity. Judson offers a new narrative of a vibrant and adaptive state that had the ability to balance empire and nationality, and thus was not doomed to fail, as has been one of the well-worn interpretations of the empire. The contributors to this debate come to the book from different regional and academic standpoints, and take on a number of key issues raised by the book: the role of nationality in the empire; the nature of Habsburg imperial rule within the broader context of European empire building; the relationship of Hungary within the larger empire; and the position of the Habsburg Empire within European history as a whole. Together, these perspectives shed light on core issues raised by the book as well as offer reflections on the future of Habsburg studies.
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