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Europe in Transition - from Feudalism to Industrialization (Hardcover, First Edition,): Arvind Sinha Europe in Transition - from Feudalism to Industrialization (Hardcover, First Edition,)
Arvind Sinha
R2,576 Discovery Miles 25 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The developments in Europe from the late 15th till the end of the 18th century represented a crucial phase in the emergence of the modern world. Scholars refer to this period as "early modern" and this expression is often associated with the rise of the modern West. The pace of change gained momentum during this period undermining the roots of the feudal society. The economic transformation pushed Europe towards capitalism. The forces of change could be located in the diverse spheres of human activities although the scale of change varied from one region to another. The transformation of local economies into the larger European market economy, the geographical discoveries, and the new sea routes resulted in the creation of colonial empires based on new forms of exploitation. The rise of nation-states under absolute rulers replaced the decentralized feudal structure. Discoveries in arts and sciences and the religious movements opened up new mental horizons that gave birth to new social attitudes, cultural patterns, and scientific outlook. At the same time, the negative trends during this period such as the rise of slave trade, new forms of exploitation, and a wild craze for witch-hunting are also included in the discussion. This book adopts an interpretive approach and tries to explain what led to the dislocation of centuries-old social order and the emergence of new social classes.

Demon Possession in Elizabethan England (Hardcover, New): Kathleen R. Sands Demon Possession in Elizabethan England (Hardcover, New)
Kathleen R. Sands
R1,956 Discovery Miles 19 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In October of 1563, 18-year old Anne Mylner was herding cows near her home when she was suddenly enveloped by a white cloud that precipitated a months-long illness characterized by sleeplessness, loss of appetite, convulsions, and bodily swelling. Mylner's was the first of several cases during the reign of Elizabeth I of England that were interpreted as demon possession, a highly emotional experience in which an afflicted person displays behavior indicating a state of religious distress. To most Elizabethans, belief in Satan was as natural as belief in God, and Satan's affliction of mankind was clearly demonstrated in the physical and spiritual distress displayed by virtually every person at some point in his or her life. This book recounts 11 cases of Elizabethan demon possession, documenting the details of each case and providing the cultural context to explain why the diagnosis made sense at the time. Victims included children and adults, servants and masters, Catholics and Protestants, frauds and the genuinely ill. Edmund Kingesfielde's wife, possessed by a demon who caused her to hate her children and to contemplate suicide, was cured when her husband changed his irreverent tavern sign (depicting a devil) for a more seemly design. Alexander Nyndge, possessed by a Catholic demon that spoke with an Irish accent, was cured by his own brother through physical bondage and violence. Agnes Brigges and Rachel Pindar, whose afflictions included vomiting pins, feathers, and other trash, were revealed as frauds and forced to confess publicly, their parents being imprisoned for complicity in the fraud. All these cases attest to a powerful need to ascribe some moral significance to humansuffering. Allowing the sufferer to externalize and ultimately evict the "demon" as the cause of his or her affliction bestowed some measure of hope--no mean feat in a world with such widespread human distress.

Five Empresses - Court Life in Eighteenth-Century Russia (Hardcover): Evgenii V. Anisimov Five Empresses - Court Life in Eighteenth-Century Russia (Hardcover)
Evgenii V. Anisimov
R2,000 Discovery Miles 20 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From the untimely demise of the 52-year-old Peter the Great in 1725 to nearly the end of that century, the fate of the Russian empire would rest largely in the hands of five tsarinas. This book tells their stories. Peter's widow Catherine I (1725-27), an orphan and former laundress, would gain control of the ancestral throne, a victorious army, and formidable navy in a country that stretched from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean. Next, Anna Ioannovna (1730-40), chosen by conniving ministers who sought an ineffectual puppet, would instead tear up the document that would have changed the course of Russian history forever only to rule Russia as her private fiefdom and hunting estate. The ill-fated Anna Leopoldovna (1740-41), groomed for the throne by her namesake aunt, would be Regent for her young son only briefly before a coup by her aunt Elizabeth would condemn Anna's family to a life of imprisonment, desolation, and death in obscurity. The beautiful and shrewd Elizabeth (1741-61) would seize her father Peter's throne, but, obsessed with her own fading beauty, she would squander resources in a relentless effort to stay young and keep her rivals at bay. Finally, Catherine the Great (1762-96) would overthrow (and later order the murder of) her own husband and rightful heir. Astute and intelligent, Catherine had a talent for making people like her, winning them to her cause; however, the era of her rule would be a time of tumultuous change for both Europe and her beloved Russia. In this vivid, quick-paced account, Anisimov goes beyond simply laying out the facts of each empress's reign, to draw realistic psychological portraits and to consider the larger fate of women in politics.Together, these five portraits represent a history of 18th-century court life and international affairs. Anisimov's tone is commanding, authoritative, but also convivial--inviting the reader to share the captivating secrets that his efforts have uncovered.

Women on the Renaissance Stage - Anna of Denmark and Female Masquing in the Stuart Court (1590-1619) (Paperback): Clare McManus Women on the Renaissance Stage - Anna of Denmark and Female Masquing in the Stuart Court (1590-1619) (Paperback)
Clare McManus
R623 Discovery Miles 6 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'Women on the Renaissance stage' provides a unique reassessment of women's relationship to performance in Early Modern England. A study of women's participation in the Jacobean court masque, it gives detailed, historicised and interdisciplinary readings of the performances of Anna of Denmark (wife of James VI and I) in the Scottish and English Jacobean courts. Clare McManus investigates the staging conditions, practices and gendering of Anna's performances, from the ceremonies and festivities of the Scottish court to the English court masques of Jonson, Daniel, Campion and others. Current critical theorisations of race, class, gender, space and performance are brought to bear on the female courtly body in dance, staging, scenery, costume and make-up within what might be thought of as a feminine court. In doing this, McManus establishes a tradition of seventeenth-century female performance which provides a trajectory for the emergence of the professional female actors of the Restoration. This groundbreaking study of a hitherto neglected performance tradition will expand the understanding of gender and performance for scholars and students of Early Modern culture.

Renaissances - The Cultures of Italy, 1300-1600 (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed): Richard Mackenney Renaissances - The Cultures of Italy, 1300-1600 (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
Richard Mackenney
R3,894 Discovery Miles 38 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Italian Renaissance retains its extraordinary hold on the historical imagination. What began as a rediscovery of the culture and values of the Ancient World came to invent our notion of the 'Middle Ages' and continues to pose sharp and searching questions as to what we regard as the beginning of the 'modern era'. However, what was 'the Italian Renaissance'? Was there a single phenomenon that affected the entire peninsula and had meaning for all or even most of its people from the age of the painter Giotto in the fourteenth century to the age of the astronomer Galileo in the seventeenth? This richly-illustrated book stresses the plurality of 'the cultures of Italy' and the diversity of the Italian Renaissance: the enormously varied forms of cultural achievement and the different circumstances that prevailed in various contexts, both urban and courtly. Richard Mackenney examines why the great revival did not touch the whole of Italy or the majority of its people and argues that, while the wonder and joy of classical rebirth remained vivid, there was also a dimension of anxiety, especially in the challenge that ancient cultures posed to Christian belief. Mackenney also maintains that, in an Italian context, the triumph of artistic and literary diversity and the tragedy of political disunity went hand in hand. Covering art, literature, and music, and providing an exploration of the political and social contexts, this is an essential guide to one of the most fascinating periods of Italian history.

The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe (Hardcover): Sydney Anglo The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe (Hardcover)
Sydney Anglo
R1,484 Discovery Miles 14 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Mounted encounters by armored knights locked in desperate hand-to-hand combat, stabbing and wrestling in tavern brawls, deceits and brutalities in street affrays, balletic homicide on the dueling field -- these were the martial arts of Renaissance Europe. In this extensively illustrated book Sydney Anglo, a leading historian of the Renaissance and its symbolism, provides the first complete study of the martial arts from the late fifteenth to the late seventeenth century. He explains the significance of martial arts in Renaissance education and everyday life and offers a full account of the social implications of one-to-one combat training.

Like the martial arts of Eastern societies, ritualized combat in the West was linked to contemporary social and scientific concerns, Anglo shows. During the Renaissance, physical exercise was regarded as central to the education of knights and gentlemen. Soldiers wielded a variety of weapons on the battlefield, and it was normal for civilians to carry swords and know how to use them. In schools across the continent, professional masters-of-arms taught the skills necessary to survive in a society where violence was endemic and life cheap. Anglo draws on a wealth of evidence -- from detailed treatises and sketches by jobbing artists to magnificent images by Durer and Cranach and descriptions of real combat, weapons and armor -to reconstruct and illustrate the arts taught by these ancient masters-at-arms.

The Fear of Hell - Images of Damnation and Salvation in Early Modern Europe (Paperback): Piero Camporesi The Fear of Hell - Images of Damnation and Salvation in Early Modern Europe (Paperback)
Piero Camporesi; Translated by Lucinda Byatt
R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book considers two of the most potent Christian concepts - Hell and the Eucharist. In the first part of the book, the author argues that fear of Hell was a common preoccupation in the 16th and 17th centuries. Drawing on the sermons of the preachers of the Counter-Reformation, he shows how the image of Hell developed into a grotesque parody of divine judgement which was only arrested by the onset of the Enlightenment. The second part considers the Eucharist, or Host, the embodiment of corporeal salvation. The author describes how it was related to the human body, and the kinds of mystical properties with which it was invested.

Empires of the Sea - The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World (Paperback): Roger... Empires of the Sea - The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World (Paperback)
Roger Crowley
R479 R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Save R66 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic clash between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center of the world. In Empires of the Sea, " "acclaimed historian Roger Crowley has written a thrilling account of this brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Islam for the soul of Europe, a fast-paced tale of spiraling intensity that ranges from Istanbul to the Gates of Gibraltar. Crowley conjures up a wild cast of pirates, crusaders, and religious warriors struggling for supremacy and survival in a tale of slavery and galley warfare, desperate bravery and utter brutality. Empires of the Sea is a story of extraordinary color and incident, and provides a crucial context for our own clash of civilizations.

The Familial State - Ruling Families and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe (Hardcover): Julia Adams The Familial State - Ruling Families and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe (Hardcover)
Julia Adams
R1,383 Discovery Miles 13 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The 17th century was called the Dutch 'Golden Age'. Over the course of 80 years, the tiny United Provinces of the Netherlands overthrew Spanish rule and became Europe's dominant power. In this book, Julia Adams explores the role that Holland's great families played in this dramatic history.

The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre - A Brief History with Documents (Paperback): Barbara B Diefendorf The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre - A Brief History with Documents (Paperback)
Barbara B Diefendorf
R636 Discovery Miles 6 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A riveting account of the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre, its origins, and its aftermath, this volume by Barbara B. Diefendorf introduces students to the most notorious episode in France's sixteenth century civil and religious wars and an event of lasting historical importance. The murder of thousands of French Protestants by Catholics in August 1572 influenced not only the subsequent course of France's civil wars and state building, but also patterns of international alliance and long-standing cultural values across Europe. The book begins with an introduction that explores the political and religious context for the massacre and traces the course of the massacre and its aftermath. The featured documents offer a rich array of sources on the conflict -- including royal edicts, popular songs, polemics, eyewitness accounts, memoirs, paintings, and engravings -- to enable students to explore the massacre, the nature of church-state relations, the moral responsibility of secular and religious authorities, and the origins and consequences of religious persecution and intolerance in this period. Useful pedagogic aids include headnotes and gloss notes to the documents, a list of major figures, a chronology of key events, questions for consideration, a selected bibliography, and an index.

Renaissance in Italy - . Italian Literature. PT.1, 2nd Ed. (Paperback): John Addington Symonds Renaissance in Italy - . Italian Literature. PT.1, 2nd Ed. (Paperback)
John Addington Symonds
R845 Discovery Miles 8 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Renaissance In Italy: . Italian Literature. Pt.1, 2nd Ed.; Pt.2, New Ed; Volume 4, Part 2 Of Renaissance In Italy; John Addington Symonds 3 John Addington Symonds J. Murray, 1914 History; Europe; Italy; History / Europe / Italy; History / Renaissance; Italy; Literary Criticism / European / Italian; Renaissance

Renaissance in Italy - The Age of the Despots. V. 2. the Revival of Learning. V. 3. the Fine Arts. V. 4. Italian Literature,... Renaissance in Italy - The Age of the Despots. V. 2. the Revival of Learning. V. 3. the Fine Arts. V. 4. Italian Literature, PT. 1-2... (Paperback)
John Addington Symonds
R1,009 Discovery Miles 10 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Renaissance In Italy: The Age Of The Despots. V. 2. The Revival Of Learning. V. 3. The Fine Arts. V. 4. Italian Literature, Pt. 1-2; Volume 1 Of Renaissance In Italy; John Addington Symonds John Addington Symonds Holt, 1888 Art; Humanism; Italian literature; Italy; Renaissance

Renaissance in Italy - Italian Literature, Volume 4... (Paperback): John Addington Symonds Renaissance in Italy - Italian Literature, Volume 4... (Paperback)
John Addington Symonds
R985 Discovery Miles 9 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Renaissance In Italy: Italian Literature, Volume 4; Renaissance In Italy: Italian Literature; John Addington Symonds John Addington Symonds Smith, Elder, 1881 Italian literature

Renaissance in Italy - The Revival of Learning, Part 2 (Paperback): John Addington Symonds Renaissance in Italy - The Revival of Learning, Part 2 (Paperback)
John Addington Symonds
R931 R815 Discovery Miles 8 150 Save R116 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Renaissance In Italy: The Revival Of Learning, Part 2; Renaissance In Italy: The Revival Of Learning; John Addington Symonds John Addington Symonds Smith, Elder, 1897

Renaissance in Italy - Italian Literature Volume PT.2 (Paperback): John Addington Symonds Renaissance in Italy - Italian Literature Volume PT.2 (Paperback)
John Addington Symonds
R1,007 Discovery Miles 10 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Renaissance in Italy - The Catholic Reaction: In Two Parts, Part 2 (Paperback): John Addington Symonds Renaissance in Italy - The Catholic Reaction: In Two Parts, Part 2 (Paperback)
John Addington Symonds
R990 R863 Discovery Miles 8 630 Save R127 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

The Political Economy of Virtue - Luxury, Patriotism, and the Origins of the French Revolution (Hardcover): John Shovlin The Political Economy of Virtue - Luxury, Patriotism, and the Origins of the French Revolution (Hardcover)
John Shovlin
R1,314 Discovery Miles 13 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'The Political Economy of Virtue' offers an interpretation of political economy in the second half of the 18th century. It covers the key turning points in the development of French political economy.

Vincent De Paul, the Trailblazer (Hardcover): Bernard Pujo Vincent De Paul, the Trailblazer (Hardcover)
Bernard Pujo; Translated by Gertrud Graubart Champe
R3,628 Discovery Miles 36 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

VINCENT DE PAUL, THE TRAILBLAZER opens a bright window into the turbulent world of a renowned saint who lived during a time of great unrest. Bernard Pujo details how politics, war, and Vincent's own charismatic personality served as essential elements in his construction of a vast and lasting web of charitable works. Pujo introduces readers not only to the fascinating life of Vincent, but also to the cultural, political, social, ecclesiastical, and economic life of France during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Pujo's rich portrait reveals that Vincent played an active and prominent part in shaping this period of French history. In his quest to minister to the needs of the poor, Vincent counseled and challenged some of the key figures in French politics. Vincent de Paul, the Trailblazer, describes Vincent's childhood, his education, his life as a young priest, his skills as an organizer and manager, and his commitment to serving the physical and spiritual needs of the poor. This authoritative biography is lively enough to interest general readers and detailed enough to appeal to scholars of French and church history.

Death of a Notary - Conquest and Change in Colonial New York (Hardcover): Donna Merwick Death of a Notary - Conquest and Change in Colonial New York (Hardcover)
Donna Merwick
R1,725 Discovery Miles 17 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"He was the only one. He was the only man to have committed suicide in the town's seventeenth-century history." So begins Donna Merwick's fascinating tale of a Dutch notary who ended his life in his adopted community of Albany. In a major feat of historical reconstruction, she introduces us to Adriaen Janse van Ilpendam and the long-forgotten world he inhabited in Holland's North American colony. Her powerful narrative will make readers care for this quiet and studious man, an "ordinary" settler for whom the clash of empires brought tragedy.

By Honor Bound - State and Society in Early Modern Russia (Hardcover): Nancy Shields Kollmann By Honor Bound - State and Society in Early Modern Russia (Hardcover)
Nancy Shields Kollmann
R1,763 Discovery Miles 17 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Through the prism of honor, Kollmann examines the interaction of the Russian state and its people in regulating social relations and defining an individual's rank. She finds vital information in a collection of transcripts of legal suits brought by elites and peasants alike to avenge insult to honor. The cases make clear the conservative role honor played in society as well as the ability of men and women to employ this body of ideas to address their relations with one another and with the state. Kollmann demonstrates that the grand princes -- and later the tsars -- tolerated a surprising degree of local autonomy throughout their rapidly expanding realm. Her work marks a stark contrast with traditional Russian historiography, which exaggerates the power of the state and downplays the volition of society.

The Contested Parterre - Public Theater and French Political Culture, 1680-1791 (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Jeffrey S.... The Contested Parterre - Public Theater and French Political Culture, 1680-1791 (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Jeffrey S. Ravel
R3,736 Discovery Miles 37 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Giordano Bruno and Renaissance Science (Hardcover): Hilary Gatti Giordano Bruno and Renaissance Science (Hardcover)
Hilary Gatti
R1,725 Discovery Miles 17 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Renaissance philosopher Giordano Bruno was a notable supporter of the new science that arose during his lifetime; his role in its development has been debated ever since the early-17th century. In this work, Hilary Gatti re-evaluates Bruno's contribution to the scientific revolution, in the process challenging the view that now dominates Bruno criticism among English-language scholars. This argument, associated with the work of Frances Yates, holds that early modern science was impregnated with and shaped by Hermetic and occult traditions, and has led scholars to view Bruno primarily as a magus.

The Dutch Republic in the Eighteenth Century - Decline, Enlightenment, and Revolution (Paperback): Margaret C. Jacob The Dutch Republic in the Eighteenth Century - Decline, Enlightenment, and Revolution (Paperback)
Margaret C. Jacob; Edited by Margaret C. Jacob, Wijnand W. Mijnhardt
R731 Discovery Miles 7 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Columbus and the Ends of the Earth - Europe's Prophetic Rhetoric as Conquering Ideology (Hardcover): Djelal Kadir Columbus and the Ends of the Earth - Europe's Prophetic Rhetoric as Conquering Ideology (Hardcover)
Djelal Kadir
R1,327 Discovery Miles 13 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Columbus is the first blazing star in a constellation of explorers whose right to claim and conquer each new land mass they encountered was absolutely unquestioned by their countrymen. Columbus and the Ends of the Earth brings to life the system of religious beliefs that made the imperial taking of the New World not only possible but laudable. The language of prophecy and divine predestination fills the pronouncements of those who ventured across the Atlantic. With their conviction that they were exercising a God-given right to lands and goods held in escrow until the dawning of the Age of Discovery, Spanish, English, and other European adventurers laid claim to the land and peoples of the New World as their rightful due and manifest destiny. Djelal Kadir's argument has profound implications for current theoretical debates and reassessments of colonialism and decolonization. Has the ideology of empire disappeared, or has it merely been secularized? Kadir suggests that in this supposedly postcolonial era, richer nations and privileged multinational entities still manipulate the rhetoric of conquest to justify and serve their own worldly ends. For colonized peoples who live today at the "ends of the earth", the age of exploitation may not be essentially different from the age of exploration. Here is a timely review of the founding doctrines of empire, one that speaks less than reverentially of the brave explorers and righteous settlers of the New World.

Dream Nation - Enlightenment, Colonization and the Institution of Modern Greece (Hardcover): Dream Nation - Enlightenment, Colonization and the Institution of Modern Greece (Hardcover)
R1,793 Discovery Miles 17 930 Out of stock

Against the backdrop of ever-increasing nationalist violence during the last decade of the twentieth century, this book challenges standard analyses of nation formation by elaborating on the nation's dream-like hold over the modern social imagination. The author argues that the national fantasy lies at the core of the Enlightenment imaginary, embodying its central paradox: the intertwining of anthropological universality with the primacy of a cultural ideal.
Crucial to the operation of this paradox and fundamental in its ambiguity is the figure of Greece, the universal alibi and cultural predicate behind national-cultural consolidation throughout colonialist Europe. The largely unpredictable institution of a modern Greek nation in 1830 undoes the interweaving of Enlightenment and Philhellenism, whose centrifugal strands continue to unravel the certainty of European history, down to the current internal predicaments of the European Community or the tragedy of the Balkan conflicts.

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