Greece

Biography of a Modern Nation

Roderick Beaton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

488 Seiten

2021
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-80979-3 (ISBN)

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For many, “Greece” is synonymous with “ancient Greece,” the civilization that gave us much that defines Western culture today. But, how did Greece come to be so powerfully attached to the legacy of the ancients in the first place and then define an identity for itself that is at once Greek and modern? This book reveals the remarkable achievement, during the last three hundred years, of building a modern nation on the ruins of a vanished civilization—sometimes literally so. This is the story of the Greek nation-state but also, and more fundamentally, of the collective identity that goes with it. It is not only a history of events and high politics; it is also a history of culture, of the arts, of people, and of ideas.

Opening with the birth of the Greek nation-state, which emerged from encounters between Christian Europe and the Ottoman Empire, Roderick Beaton carries his story into the present moment and Greece’s contentious post-recession relationship with the rest of the European Union. Through close examination of how Greeks have understood their shared identity, Beaton reveals a centuries-old tension over the Greek sense of self. How does Greece illuminate the difference between a geographically bounded state and the shared history and culture that make up a nation?

A magisterial look at the development of a national identity through history, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation is singular in its approach. By treating modern Greece as a biographical subject, a living entity in its own right, Beaton encourages us to take a fresh look at a people and culture long celebrated for their past, even as they strive to build a future as part of the modern West.

Roderick Beaton is Emeritus Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature at King’s College London and Commander of the Order of Honour of the Hellenic Republic. He is the author or editor of multiple books, including, most recently, Byron’s War: Romantic Rebellion, Greek Revolution.

List of Illustrations and Photographic Acknowledgements
List of Maps
Names, Dates and Titles
To the Reader

Introduction: The Nation and its Ancestors

1. East Meets West? (1718–1797)
2. A Seed is Sown (1797–1821)
3. Born in Blood (1821–1833)
4. First Steps (1833–1862)
5. Ideals and Sorrows of Youth (1862–1897)
6. Military Service (1897–1913)
7. The Self Divided (1913–1923)
8. Starting Over (1923–1940)
9. Meltdown (1940–1949)
10. Uncle Sam’s Protégé (1949–1974)
11. Coming of Age in Europe (1974–2004)
12. Midlife Crisis? (2004–)

Notes
Sources and Further Reading
Acknowledgements
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	27.05.2021
Zusatzinfo	41 color plates, 4 maps
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Europa ► Griechenland
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	0-226-80979-X / 022680979X
ISBN-13	978-0-226-80979-3 / 9780226809793
Zustand	Neuware