Conceptualising ‘liberty’ in the age of the Greek Revolution
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Conceptualising ‘liberty’ in the age of the Greek Revolution
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03 December 2021
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“In the course of historical time, liberty and freedom have acquired many contingent meanings. Starting with an exploration of the revolutionary motto Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος (Liberty or Death), the paper discusses how ‘liberty’ and ‘freedom’ became key concepts, associated with radically new ideas about rights, governance and independence in the age of the Greek Revolution. Political languages and concepts of the American and the French Revolution and their impact on Greek revolutionary discourses are examined. Usages and meanings of ‘liberty’ are also traced in the Philiki Etaireia texts and in the revolutionary constitutions. The paper argues that diverse itineraries and trajectories of ideas and concepts in the age of the Greek Revolution contributed to the articulation of new political languages, which redefined the Ottoman rule and shaped revolutionary visions and aspirations.”
From the book of abstracts as it was published on Washington University’s website.
From the book of abstracts as it was published on Washington University’s website.
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https://jsis.washington.edu/euwesteurope/symposium-new-interdisciplinary-perspectives-on-the-greek-revolution/
https://jsis.washington.edu/euwesteurope/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2021/12/HellenicSymposium-AbstractsV3.pdf
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