Republics, Nations and Tribes
“Republics, Nations and Tribes” by Martin Thom, published by Verso on July 17, 1995, is a comprehensive exploration of the transformation in European perceptions of liberty during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This 359-page work examines the shift from classical republican thought to Germanic and Romantic ideologies, set against the backdrop of significant historical changes from 1795 to 1848. Thom delves into the interplay between ethnology and historiography, highlighting how these evolving concepts influenced the understanding of freedom in both urban and national contexts.
Readers will find a detailed analysis of the Romantic critique of the Enlightenment and its impact on historiographical traditions in Western Europe. The book addresses the often-overlooked consequences faced by Enlightenment thinkers and provides a nuanced examination of language, history, and politics. Through a collective biography of influential figures from this period, Thom presents an original intellectual history that sheds light on the complex nature of liberty and its representation in various societal frameworks. This edition is available in English and offers a rich academic perspective for those interested in history, social science, and anthropology.
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, European perceptions of the ancient city underwent a dramatic alteration, due mainly to revulsion at the terror. Republics, Nations and Tribes relates that shift, both in ethnology and histiography. Thus the book is a novel and detailed study of the shifting concepts of liberty—and, in particular, the drift from classical/republican to Germanic/Romantic thought—at a key time of transition in European history, 1795–1848.
Republics, Nations and Tribes shows how deeply the dominant historiographical traditions in Western Europe have been marked by the Romantic trial of the Enlightenment and how, as a consequence, due weight has rarely if ever been given to the castigation suffered by the philosphes for their role in the subversion of the old regime. According equal attention to language, history and politics, Martin Thom explores the contested nature of liberty in cities and liberty through nations. In so doing, he provides a fascinating collective biography of the some of the era’s most influential thinkers, and a brilliant and original intellectual history of this decisive history.
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