How did the Hapsburgs form a massive, multiethnic empire out of some disorganized principalities? Why was Austria-Hungary a thing? Did the Habsburg Empire really collapse because it was an anachronistic "empire of nations?" And is the Habsburg Empire coming back through a dynastic marriage with future "American Caesar," Barron Trump?
To get answers to these pressing questions, we speak with Natasha Wheatley of Princeton University about her book <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691244075/the-life-and-death-of-states?srsltid=AfmBOoqh8EkS72N4pKineUTARbY1DtacBI0I_IFb166LANkJ_GK1afTL" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Life and Death of States: Central Europe and the Transformation of Modern Sovereignty</a>. Ted and Natasha discuss the early history of the empire, the pressures of the 1848 revolutions, and legal innovations of the empire, and speculate as to why people are still compelled by monarchical structures.
Buy the book here: <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691244075/the-life-and-death-of-states?srsltid=AfmBOoqh8EkS72N4pKineUTARbY1DtacBI0I_IFb166LANkJ_GK1afTL" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691244075/the-life-and-death-of-states</a>
Read her Dial piece here: <a href="https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-20/eduard-habsburg-the-habsburg-way-review" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-20/eduard-habsburg-the-habsburg-way-review</a>
See the insane Twitter thread about Barron's potential princess wives here: <a href="https://x.com/Shahenshah_Chud/status/1789716792325062871" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/Shahenshah_Chud/status/1789716792325062871</a>
Follow Eduard here: <a href="https://x.com/EduardHabsburg" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/EduardHabsburg </a>and (preferably) Natasha here: <a href="https://x.com/natasha_wheatl" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/natasha_wheatl</a>
Thanks so much to everyone who listened to Spaßbremse in 2024! Wishing you a Happy New Year and looking forward to a great 2025 (for the podcast and its listeners at least, if not the world at large).
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