ABSTRACT

During the Age of Revolutions, the Habsburg monarchy initially opposed nationalist movements as revolutionary. While the monarchy later sought to co-opt loyal patriots, historical memory often imagines the Habsburg state as implacably opposed to both nationalism and nationalist movements. In practice, however, Habsburg officials and central European nationalisms overlapped and engaged with each other in surprising ways. Their interaction problematizes a sharp line between monarchism and nationalism. This essay speficially introduces a special issue of Central Europe, consisting of two papers presented at a 2022 conference on the Habsburg state apparatus. The two papers explored the tensions and interactions between Habsburg officials and patriot circles as they played out in international relations. Polish exiles sought to recruit Habsburg officials to the national cause, while Habsburg agents sought to recruit patriots to the spy network of the Habsburg political police.

摘要

在革命时代，哈布斯堡王朝最初反对民族主义运动，认为这是革命性的。虽然君主制后来试图拉拢忠诚的爱国者，但历史记忆常常认为哈布斯堡王朝坚决反对民族主义和民族主义运动。然而，在实践中，哈布斯堡王朝的官员和中欧民族主义却以令人惊讶的方式重叠和互动。他们的互动使君主制和民族主义之间的鲜明界限成为问题。本文专门介绍了中欧特刊，由 2022 年哈布斯堡国家机器会议上发表的两篇论文组成。这两篇论文探讨了哈布斯堡王朝官员与爱国人士圈子在国际关系中的紧张关系和互动。