The Greek Crisis and Its Cultural Origins - A Study in the Theory of Multiple Modernities (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)

This original analysis of modern Greece's political culture attempts to present a "total social fact"-a coherent and complex representation of Greek socio-political culture-to identify the cultural causes of Greece's recent disastrous economic crisis. Using a culturalist frame inspired by the Yale Strong Program, Marangudakis argues that the core cultural orientations of Greece have determined its politics-Greek secular culture flows out of the religion of Eastern Orthodoxy with its mysticism, icons, and general "ortherworldly-nesses." This theoretical discussion, bringing together Eisenstadt, Michael Mann, Banfield, and Taylor, is complemented by an innovative use of survey data, processed by political scientist and statistician Theodore Chadjipadelis. The carefully deployed quantitative data demonstrate that the culture previously described is actually shared by people living in Greece today. In his sweeping conclusion to this thorough cultural analysis, Marangudakis reflects on the prospects of Greek cultural recovery through the construction of a non-populist civil religion.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Cultural Sociology
Release date:	August 2020
First published:	2019
Authors:	Manussos Marangudakis
Contributors:	Theodore Chadjipadelis
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	460
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-013591-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups Promotions
LSN:	3-03-013591-8
Barcode:	9783030135911

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