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Belonging to the West: Geopolitical Myths and Identity in Modern Greece: A Study of Analytical Geopolitics

Autor Antonios Nestoras
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 dec 2024
Uncover the fascinating story of Greece's unwavering quest for European belonging. This thought-provoking book explores the intersection of geopolitics and political myth, tracing Greece's enduring determination to align with Europe and the West. From the early days of European integration to the challenges of the Eurocrisis, Greece's commitment remains steadfast. By analyzing the geopolitical myths that shape its identity, the book illuminates the multifaceted factors driving Greece's pro-European strategy and foreign policy. By introducing and using Analytical Geopolitics as a pioneering approach, the book provides a historical-structural framework and expands the role of myth in understanding international relations.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789004720121
ISBN-10: 900472012X
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill | Nijhoff

Notă biografică

Antonios Nestoras, Ph.D. (1983), is an Adjunct Professor at the Brussels School of Governance, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). He also acts as Deputy Executive Director of the European Liberal Forum (ELF), Editor of ELF's Technopolitics Series, Chief Editor of the Future Europe journal, and a curator of the podcast Liberal Reads.

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List of Maps and Tables

1 Introduction
1 Explanations Based on Interests and Identity
2 The Constitutive Role of Political Myth and Geography
3 Political Myth and Geopolitical Analysis

2 A Short History of Geopolitics
1 From Classical to Critical Geopolitics
1.1 Classical Geopolitics, Rise and Demise
1.2 Geopolitics’ Revival and Critique
1.3 Postmodern, Critical Geopolitics
1.4 Textual Deconstruction in Critical Geopolitics
1.5 The Critique of Critical Geopolitics
2 From Critical to Analytical Geopolitics
2.1 Myth and Political Myth
2.2 Political Myth, ir, and Geopolitics
2.3 Toward an Analytical Geopolitics
3 A Structural-Historical Method of Analysis
3.1 Geopolitical Myths as Structural Objects
3.2 Types and Form of Geopolitical Myths
3.3 The Functions of Geopolitical Myths

3 Geopolitical Mythmaking in Modern Greece
1 Excursus: Locating “Greece” in Space and Time
2 Imitating the West and the Greek Enlightenment
2.1 The Great Idea as a Foundational Geopolitical Myth
2.2 Modern Times, Modern Space: Enlightenment, Science, and Geography
2.3 Centrality, Continuity, and Affinity in Greek Political Geography
2.4 Interim Conclusion: The Diffusion of Belonging
3 Opposing the West and Greek Romanticism
3.1 Absolutism, Religion, and the Russian Expectation
3.2 Romantic Historiography and the Byzantine Revival
3.3 Western Dependence and the Limits of Opposition
3.4 Interim Conclusion: Opposition and Adaptation of Belonging
4 Belonging to the West and European Integration
4.1 Western Dependence from the Turn of the Century to World War II
4.2 Belonging to the West from the Civil War to European Integration
4.3 Europeanization, Modernization, and the Geopolitics of the Euro Crisis
4.4 Interim Conclusion: Ritualization and Sacralization of Belonging

4 Conclusions
1 Belonging to the West as a Geopolitical Myth
2 The Making of an Efficient Geopolitical Myth
3 Analytical Geopolitics: A Research Agenda

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