The bourgeois “revolution” of 1848 is repeatedly invoked as a historical event to enrich various historical narratives. While its 175th anniversary was celebrated in Germany in 2023 under the banner of “democracy,” the popular commemoration in Austria was relatively subdued.
The year 1848 embodies all the contradictions that still characterize bourgeois modernity: What do the slogans of “liberty” and “equality” mean in light of the stark differences between social classes, nationalities, and races, or in relation to gender relations? Was the “world of liberty” truly meant to bless “the whole world,” as was later proclaimed in the “stormy year of 1848”?
Gabriella Hauch has been Professor of Modern History/Women’s and Gender History at the University of Vienna since 2011. She is a co-editor of the Austrian Journal of Historical Studies (ÖZG) and L’Homme, a European journal of feminist history. She has numerous publications on gender and Austrian history since the French Revolution. She is currently working on a history of the left in Austria, using the Strasser family (1870–1970) as a case study. She co-authored, with Helmut Conrad, *One Hundred Years of Red Vienna* (Beikos Verlag, 2019) and *We Wished We Could Make the Whole World Happy* (Vienna Lecture Series, 2024).
| Publisher | Picus Verlag |
| Author | Gabriella Hauch |
| Country | Austria |
| Publication Date | 07/03/2024 |
| Pages | 64 |
| Edition | first |
| Size | 14.53 x 2.34 x 21.67 cm |
| About the Author | Gabriella Hauch has been Professor of Modern History/Women’s and Gender History at the University of Vienna since 2011. She is a co-editor of the Austrian Journal of Historical Studies (ÖZG) and L’Homme, |
| Publisher Address | info@picus.at |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-3-7117-3033-6 |
