NHM Online Bk Club- The Greek Revolution & the Violent Birth of Nationalism
A history of the 1821 Greek Revolution that argues the decade of upheaval wasn’t simply “national awakening,” but a violent transformation.
A history of the 1821 Greek Revolution that argues the decade of upheaval wasn’t simply “national awakening,” but a violent transformation in identity and political belonging—out of an Ottoman-world “mosaic” of localisms, religions, and shifting loyalties. Kotsonis tracks how, within a few years, people who previously moved between overlords and affiliations came to see (and enforce) sharper communal boundaries—through expulsions, mass violence, and new kinds of political imagination—resulting in a new nation-state and a template for later nationalisms.
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A history of the 1821 Greek Revolution that argues the decade of upheaval wasn’t simply “national awakening,” but a violent transformation.
A history of the 1821 Greek Revolution that argues the decade of upheaval wasn’t simply “national awakening,” but a violent transformation in identity and political belonging—out of an Ottoman-world “mosaic” of localisms, religions, and shifting loyalties. Kotsonis tracks how, within a few years, people who previously moved between overlords and affiliations came to see (and enforce) sharper communal boundaries—through expulsions, mass violence, and new kinds of political imagination—resulting in a new nation-state and a template for later nationalisms.
Support our neighbors by buying your book at Madison Street Books: https://madstreetbooks.com/book-clubs-and-groups/national-hellenic-museum-book-club
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