Enlightenment and Revolution: The Making of Modern Greece

Paschalis M. Kitromilides

Published by Harvard University Press 2013

Enlightenment and Revolution

The Making of Modern Greece

Paschalis M. Kitromilides

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674726413

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Greece sits at the center of a geopolitical storm that threatens the stability of the European Union. To comprehend how this small country precipitated such an outsized crisis, it is necessary to understand how Greece developed into a nation in the first place. Enlightenment and Revolution identifies the ideological traditions that shaped a religious community of Greek-speaking people into a modern nation-state--albeit one in which antiliberal forces have exacted a high price. Paschalis Kitromilides takes in the vast sweep of the Greek Enlightenment in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, assessing developments such as the translation of modern authors into Greek; the scientific revolution; the rediscovery of the civilization of classical Greece; and a powerful countermovement. He shows how Greek thinkers such as Voulgaris and Korais converged with currents of the European Enlightenment, and demonstrates how the Enlightenment's confrontation with Church-sanctioned ideologies shaped present-day Greece. When the nation-state emerged from a decade-long revolutionary struggle against the Ottoman Empire in the early nineteenth century, the dream of a free Greek polity was soon overshadowed by a romanticized nationalist and authoritarian vision. The failure to create a modern liberal state at that decisive moment is at the root of Greece's recent troubles.

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Kitromilides Paschalis M. :

Paschalis M. Kitromilides is Professor of Political Science at the University of Athens.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Note on Transliteration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Introduction to the American Edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Prologue Th e Political Meaning of the Enlightenment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
1. The Long Road to Enlightenment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
2. The Formation of Modern Greek Historical Consciousness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
3. The Geography of Civilization: From Adulation to Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
4. Enlightened Absolutism as a Path to Change Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
5. Ancients and Moderns: Cultural Criticism and the Origins of Republicanism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
6. The Revolution in France: Th e Glow and the Shadow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
7. The Enlightenment’s Political Alternative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
8. The Enlightenment as Social Criticism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
9. The Republican Synthesis: A Matrix for Nationalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	260
10. The Fate of the Enlightenment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
Epilogue: The Conditions of Liberal Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	336
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Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	429
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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: General/trade;
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- Main content: 470
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- Other: 1 map

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Published: November 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674726413