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Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation
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Author: Roderick Beaton
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 496
A history of modern Greece by one of the pre-eminent experts in the field We think we know ancient Greece, the civilization that shares the same name and gave us just about everything that defines 'western' culture today, in the arts, sciences, social sciences and politics. Yet, as Greece has been brought under repeated scrutiny during the financial crises that have convulsed the country since 2010, worldwide coverage has revealed just how poorly we grasp the modern nation. This book sets out to understand the modern Greeks on their own terms. How did Greece come to be so powerfully attached to the legacy of the ancients in the first place, and then to define an identity for its people that is at once Greek and modern? This book reveals the remarkable achievement, during the last 300 years, of building a modern nation on, sometimes literally, the ruins of a vanished civilization. This is the story of the Gre
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Greece
Country in Southeast Europe
For other uses, see Greece (disambiguation).
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Hellenic Republic Ελληνική Δημοκρατία (Greek) | |
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| Motto: Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος Elefthería í Thánatos (English: "Freedom or Death") | |
| Anthem: Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν Ímnos is tin Eleftherían (English: "Hymn to Liberty") | |
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| Capital and largest city | Athens 37°58′N23°43′E / 37.967°N 23.717°E / 37.967; 23.717 |
| Official language and national language | Greek |
| Religion (2017) | |
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| Government | Unitary parliamentary republic |
• President | Katerina Sakellaropoulou |
• Prime Minister | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
• Parliament Speaker | Nikitas Kaklamanis |
| Legislature | Hellenic Parliament |
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Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation: A state haunted by self-doubtGreece: Biography of a Modern Nation Author:Roderick Beaton ISBN-13:978-0241312841 Publisher:Allen Lane Guideline Price:£30 “We Greeks aren’t fit for great things,” George Seferis, poet, Nobel Laureate and Greek ambassador to London, wrote in 1960. Roderick Beaton, who has already written a superb biography of Seferis, offers this not as a way of belittling Greek achievements, but as an example of Greek aspirations beyond their reach. Beaton, whom I know well, is one of the world’s few top-ranking experts on Greek culture who is also a true philhellene – someone who loves Greece but not without reservations. This brilliant “biography” of modern Greece will easily surpass others in the field by Richard Clogg, Thomas Gallant and Stathis Kalyvas. Probably only Kostas Kostis’ very recent History’s Spoiled Children can compare. And why? Because, apart from his extraordinary erudition and scholarship, Beaton writes with measured compassion and a refreshingly straightforward style. Beaton prefers Copyright ©cowroof.pages.dev 2025 | |