1821: From the revolution to the state
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1821: From the revolution to the state
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12 July 2021
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The book examines what the 1821 Greek Revolution achieved based on the possibilities of the time but also the aspirations of the Greeks, the goals that were achieved and the expectations that were denied. Chronologically, it spans the 100 years between the revolution and the First World War and the end of the Great Idea, an interval that lends itself to assessment but remains “blurry” in collective memory and somewhat awkward in historiography.
The 12 distinguished historians who collaborated to capture this, present Greece with many new elements from three perspectives: state-institutions, army-ideology-foreign policy, society-identity. The Greek case emerges as an organic part of European history and separate at the same time. The chapters of the book bring to life topics such as the identity of the state and the local application of parliamentarism, the distancing from the Balkan identity and the concept of “Greekness”, the army and the Great Idea, taxation as a means of creating a national economy, the formation of leadership, the influence of the Great Powers, the mission of the university, the goals of the health system, and the organisation of internal security.
The result is a book that covers the subject comprehensively and leads the reader to perceive the Greece that is less familiar to him, but necessary to understand both the Revolution and the modern Greek state.
(Edited and translated blurb from publisher’s website)
The 12 distinguished historians who collaborated to capture this, present Greece with many new elements from three perspectives: state-institutions, army-ideology-foreign policy, society-identity. The Greek case emerges as an organic part of European history and separate at the same time. The chapters of the book bring to life topics such as the identity of the state and the local application of parliamentarism, the distancing from the Balkan identity and the concept of “Greekness”, the army and the Great Idea, taxation as a means of creating a national economy, the formation of leadership, the influence of the Great Powers, the mission of the university, the goals of the health system, and the organisation of internal security.
The result is a book that covers the subject comprehensively and leads the reader to perceive the Greece that is less familiar to him, but necessary to understand both the Revolution and the modern Greek state.
(Edited and translated blurb from publisher’s website)
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