Author: Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
The Universal review; or, Chronicle of the literature of all nations
Author: Demon Entrepreneurs: Refashioning the ‘Greek Genius’ in Modern Times
Author: Basil C. GounarisPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000683923
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The ‘Greek genius’ appears as the combination of two stereotypes with a long pedigree: Homer’s ingenious Odysseus, triumphing with tricks over his foes, and Virgil’s ‘deceitful Odysseus’, the impostor Greek. Adamantios Korais, the leading scholar who almost single-handedly refashioned the Greek nation, fully appreciated the importance of Greek shipping and commerce, and the wealth they generated for the spread of Enlightenment ideas and the quest for political emancipation in the Greek lands. In this context, the ‘genius’ and the consequent economic success have long been considered the essential prerequisites for the spreading of Greek education and, ultimately, national revival. Reversely, Greek education and consciousness-building via economic success are taken as proof of the immanent ‘Greek genius’. As a popular myth of redemption, this stereotype persists in a country of rather limited resources and uncertain prospects. This volume seeks to identify both the content and the ways that the ‘Greek genius’ has long worked at the political, social and economic level. Based on a collective research project, it offers an original contribution to the broader discussion generated by the current Greek national bicentenary. This book will appeal to all those interested in the idea of the Greek 'national character’ as well as international perceptions of Greek culture, education, and society during the modern era.
The Pamphleteer
Author: The Pamphleteer
Author: Abraham John ValpyPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Du soulèvement des nations chrétiennes dans la Turquie européenne
Author: Émile Claude GaudinPamphleteer
Author: Abraham John ValpyPolitical and Cultural Aspects of Greek Exoticism
Author: Panayis PanagiotopoulosPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030198642
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
This book explores the new Greek exoticism by examining political and cultural mechanisms that contribute to Greece’s image and self-image construction. The contributions shed light on the subject from different perspectives, including political science, history of ideas, sociology, cultural studies, and art criticism. In the first part, the book provides a historical review with a focus on philhellenism, perceptions of antiquity and modernity, and the evolution of Greece as an idea. The second part looks at the current Greek crisis and analyses ideological, political and cultural aspects and stereotypes that contributed to the formation of contemporary Greek culture. The third and final part discusses notions such as aestheticism, idealism and pragmaticism, and deconstructs narrations of Greece through artistic media, such as films and exhibitions, which present a new oriental Utopia.
Supplementary Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington ...
Author: Arthur Wellesley “of” WellingtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshall Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K.G.: 1827-1828
Author: Arthur Wellesley Duke of WellingtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Armenia and the Armenians
Author: New York Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Armenia
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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