Introduction

The Ottoman past in Greece is a foreign country, to paraphrase David Lowenthal’s book title, regarding the distinction between the past and the attitudes toward the past, including nostalgia, aversion to the past, selective remembering and forgetting. While the above statement largely describes the...

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Hoofdauteurs: Kolovos, Elias, Poulos, Panagiotis C.
Formaat: Article ou chapitre numérique
Taal:Anglais
Gepubliceerd in: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique moderne et contemporain 2022
Online toegang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Samenvatting:The Ottoman past in Greece is a foreign country, to paraphrase David Lowenthal’s book title, regarding the distinction between the past and the attitudes toward the past, including nostalgia, aversion to the past, selective remembering and forgetting. While the above statement largely describes the attitudes towards the Ottoman past manifested within the modern Greek public sphere, the academic study of Greece under Ottoman rule and the imprint of this era on the Greek state, albeit belatedl...