{"title":"What is Austro-Hungarian History to the Eurasianist?","authors":"Orel Beilinson","doi":"10.1353/oas.2023.0021","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The cohesiveness of European history has been undermined in recent years. New studies have exposed the inadequacy of its master narratives: much of what we thought was the \"European model\" best described England, France, and Germany. The Habsburg Empire, once confined to playing the cradle of nationalism, proved central to processes like international law and economic thought. This paper makes a modest proposal toward rectification. It proposes a research design for producing new master narratives. Instead of writing scholarly syntheses and research direction climaxes, this method explores systematic, macro-level comparisons as a way to generate new questions and see Austria-Hungary anew.","PeriodicalId":40350,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Austrian Studies","volume":"56 1","pages":"21 - 30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Austrian Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/oas.2023.0021","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:The cohesiveness of European history has been undermined in recent years. New studies have exposed the inadequacy of its master narratives: much of what we thought was the "European model" best described England, France, and Germany. The Habsburg Empire, once confined to playing the cradle of nationalism, proved central to processes like international law and economic thought. This paper makes a modest proposal toward rectification. It proposes a research design for producing new master narratives. Instead of writing scholarly syntheses and research direction climaxes, this method explores systematic, macro-level comparisons as a way to generate new questions and see Austria-Hungary anew.
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The Journal of Austrian Studies is an interdisciplinary quarterly that publishes scholarly articles and book reviews on all aspects of the history and culture of Austria, Austro-Hungary, and the Habsburg territory. It is the flagship publication of the Austrian Studies Association and contains contributions in German and English from the world''s premiere scholars in the field of Austrian studies. The journal highlights scholarly work that draws on innovative methodologies and new ways of viewing Austrian history and culture. Although the journal was renamed in 2012 to reflect the increasing scope and diversity of its scholarship, it has a long lineage dating back over a half century as Modern Austrian Literature and, prior to that, The Journal of the International Arthur Schnitzler Research Association.