A Sense of a European Present and its Passing during the Revolutions of 1848

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The revolutions of 1848 were characterized by a collective sense of a European present, facilitating interconnected movements.
This common feeling was strongest outside core imperial centers, affecting revolutionary outcomes in those regions.
The counter-revolutionaries managed to strategically reassert imperial hierarchies, undermining the revolutionary movements during this time period and creating division among peoples across Europe, returning them to individual struggles rather than a unified cause. Higher pressures from multiple historical events caused minds to drift from a shared European project in favor of localized affairs.

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This article analyzes the shifting European identity during the 1848 revolutions, highlighting the collapse of imperial hierarchies.

James O. Morris (2024) studied this question.

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