The 1848 Revolutions and European Political Thought

The revolutions that swept across Europe in 1848marked a turning point in the history of political and social thought. They raised questions of democracy, nationhood, freedom, and social cohesion that have remained among the key issues ofmodern politics, and still help to define themajor ideological currents – liberalism, socialism, republicanism, anarchism, conservatism – in which these questions continue to be debated today. This collection of essays by internationally prominent historians of political thought examines the 1848 Revolutions from a pan-European perspective and offers research on questions of state power, nationality, religion, the economy, poverty, labour, and freedom. Even where the revolutionary movements failed to achieve their explicit objectives of transforming the state and social relations, they set the agenda for subsequent regimes and contributed to the shaping of modern European thought and institutions. The Revolutions That Swept Across Europe In 1848 Marked A Turning-point In The History Of Political And Social Thought. They Raised Questions Of Democracy, Nationhood, Freedom And Social Cohesion That Have Remained Among The Key Issues Of Modern Politics, And Still Help To Define The Major Ideological Currents - Liberalism, Socialism, Republicanism, Anarchism, Conservatism - In Which These Questions Continue To Be Debated Today. This Collection Of Essays By Internationally Prominent Historians Of Political Thought Examines The 1848 Revolutions In A Pan-european Perspective, And Offers Research On Questions Of State Power, Nationality, Religion, The Economy, Poverty, Labour, And Freedom. Even Where The Revolutionary Movements Failed To Achieve Their Explicit Objectives Of Transforming The State And Social Relations, They Set The Agenda For Subsequent Regimes, And Contributed To The Shaping Of Modern European Thought And Institutions. Lamartine, The Girondins And 1848 / Jonathan Beecher -- The Many Revolutions Of Pierre-joseph Proudhon / Edward Castleton -- French Republicanism After 1848 / Thomas C. Jones -- Socialist Visions Of Direct Democracy : The Mid-century Crisis Of Popular Sovereignty, And The Constitutional Legacy Of The Jacobins / Anne-sophie Chambost -- Working-class Socialism In 1848 In France / Samuel Hayat -- 1848 And British Political Thought On 'the Principle Of Nationality' / Georgios Varouxakis -- Christian Socialism, Class Collaboration And British Public Life After 1848 / Jonathan Parry -- On The 'absence Of Spirit' : The Legacy Of The Abstinence From Revolution In Belgium / Widukind De Ridder -- German Republicans And Socialists In The Prelude To 1848 / Douglas Moggach -- David Friedrich Strauss In 1848 : An Analysis Of His 'theologico-political' Speeches / Norbert Waszek -- 1848 And German Socialism / Diana Siclovan -- Post-revolutionary Politics : The Case Of The Prussian Ministry Of State / Anna Ross -- 'the Goal Of That Pure And Noble Yearning' : Friedrich Meinecke's Visions Of 1848 / Duncan Kelly -- The Nationality Problem In The Habsburg Monarchy And The Revolutions Of 1848 : A Reassessment / Alan Sked -- National Movements Against Nation States : Bohemia And Lombardy Between The Habsburg Empire, The German Confederation And Piedmont / Axel Korner -- The Political Thought Of A New Constitutional Monarchy : Piedmont After 1848 / Maurizio Isabella -- Revolution, Socialism, And The Slavic Question : 1848 And Michael Bakunin / Jean-christophe Angaut -- Elusive Signifiers : 1848 And The Language Of 'class Struggle' / Gareth Stedman Jones. Edited By Douglas Moggach, Gareth Stedman Jones. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents List of Contributors page vii Acknowledgements ix Introduction douglas moggach and gareth stedman jones 1 1 Lamartine, the Girondins, and 1848 jonathan beecher 14 2 The Many Revolutions of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon edward castleton 39 3 French Republicanism after 1848 thomas c. jones 70 4 Socialist Visions of Direct Democracy: The Mid-Century Crisis of Popular Sovereignty and the Constitutional Legacy of the Jacobins anne-sophie chambost 94 5 Working-Class Socialism in 1848 in France samuel hayat 120 6 1848 and British Political Thought on ‘The Principle of Nationality’ georgios varouxakis 140 7 Christian Socialism, Class Collaboration, and British Public Life after 1848 jonathan parry 162 8 On the ‘Absence of Spirit’: The Legacy of the Abstinence from Revolution in Belgium widukind de ridder 185 9 German Republicans and Socialists in the Prelude to 1848 douglas moggach 216 10 David Friedrich Strauss in 1848: An Analysis of His ‘Theologicopolitical Speeches’ norbert waszek 236 11 1848 and German Socialism diana siclovan 254 12 Post-Revolutionary Politics: The Case of the Prussian Ministry of State anna ross 276 13 ‘The Goal of That Pure and Noble Yearning’: Friedrich Meinecke’s Visions of 1848 duncan kelly 293 14 The Nationality Problem in the Habsburg Monarchy and the Revolutions of 1848: A Reassessment alan sked 322 15 National Movements against Nation States: Bohemia and Lombardy between the Habsburg Monarchy, the German Confederation, and Piedmont-Sardinia axel körner 345 16 The Political Thought of a New Constitutional Monarchy: Piedmont after 1848 maurizio isabella 383 17 Revolution and the Slav Question: 1848 and Mikhail Bakunin jean-christophe angaut 405 18 Elusive Signifiers: 1848 and the Language of ‘Class Struggle’ gareth stedman jones 429 Index 452 The 1848 Revolutions in Europe that marked a turning-point in the history of political thought are examined here in a pan-European perspective