1st Edition
The Greek War of Independence Comparative and Transhistorical Perspectives
Introduction
Chapter 1
The Greek Revolution in Comparative Perspective
Mark R. Beissinger
Chapter 2
1789 and 1821: The French and Greek Revolutions
Patrice Higonnet
Chapter 3
1821 and the Philosophy of History
Costas Douzinas
Chapter 4
The Greek Revolution of 1821 in its Ottoman Context
Leonidas Moiras
Chapter 5
The Greek War of Independence: A Global Milestone in the Struggle for Freedom
Constantine Arvanitopoulos and Harry Papasotiriou
Chapter 6
Towards a Reappraisal of Philhellenism: The Case of Late 17th-Early 18th-Century Germany
Panagiotis Roilos
Chapter 7
Great Power Intervention and the Independence of Greece: The Theory and Diplomacy of National Liberation
Alan Henrikson
Chapter 8
The Unfulfilled Promise: Republican Potential and Power Politics in the 1820s
Kostas A. Lavdas
Chapter 9
Alexandros Mavrokordatos (1791-1865): Founder of Greek Constitutionalism
Nicos C. Alivizatos
Chapter 10
Out of Russia’s Shadow: Alexandros Mavrokordatos and the Geopolitical Shift of Greek Independence
Aristides N. Hatzis
Chapter 11
The Rebellious Greeks’ Vision of a Democratic and Liberal State: The “Constitutions of the Revolution”
Spyros Vlachopoulos
Chapter 12
Reflections on the Greek War of Independence
Kostas Kostis
Chapter 13
‘Timely Revolutions’: Greece and the Great Powers, from 1821 to the Pax Americana
Konstantina E. Botsiou
Chapter 14
The State and the Economy of Modern Greece: Key Drivers from 1821 to the Present
George Alogoskoufis
Chapter 15
Commemorating Revolution: National Rituals and ‘Great Men’ Set in Stone
Christina Koulouri
Biography
Constantine Arvanitopoulos is Professor of International Relations at Panteion University, Athens, and former Minister of Education. He is the Director of the “Konstantinos G. Karamanlis” Foundation. He was the Constantine Karamanlis chair at the Fletcher School, Tufts University. He has written books on International Relations Theory, on Transatlantic Relations, on US Foreign Policy, and on European Liberalism.
Panagiotis Roilos is the George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard. He has (co)authored and (co)edited twelve books in cultural politics, ritual studies, and postclassical Greek cultural and intellectual history. He is currently completing a book on democracy, hyperreality, and the crisis of representation entitled Neomedieval Metacapitalism.
