Why Metternich matters By Artem Ilyanok | February 23, 2021, 1:43 AM
When I am asked who my favorite historical figure is, I cannot help but say Prince Klemens von Metternich. Throughout my life, the majority of the responses I’ve gotten to this have been incredulous. Most people have no reason to know who Metternich is, and the majority of those who do scoff at the idea that an 18th-century Austrian aristocrat who is most often remembered for his repressive conservatism is a fitting exemplar, let alone one relevant in the 21st century. Well, I beg to differ.
When one reads about Metternich, the first thing that stands out is his eclecticism. Throughout his life, Metternich was shaped by an assortment of conflicting forces. Born into an aristocratic family during the Ancien Régime, the young Metternich was exposed to revolutionary thinking by one of his most seminal childhood tutors, Johann Friedrich Simon. (When the French Revolution broke out, Simon became a bona fide Jacob
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