Raisins and Nationalism: Revisiting the Greek Vision of Modernization through World's Fairs (1893–1915)

IF 0.2 4区 社会学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Alexandros Balasis
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World's fairs organized at the turn of the twentieth century offered glimpses into humanity's aspirations for the future. Since they were primarily a place to promote progress and industrialization, one would expect Greek participation in these exhibitions to follow a similar approach. But the country's presence in the international exhibitions in Chicago (1893), Paris (1900), Brussels (1910), and San Francisco (1915) proves that the groups of prominent academics, technocrats, and business leaders who undertook the organization of Greek participation viewed world's fairs less as platforms to demonstrate industrial advancements and more as sites to promote and reinforce their nationalistic ideals. By exhibiting ancient Greek and Byzantine artifacts, Greece's pavilions sought to connect the modern state with its glorious past and reaffirm its European identity. The organizers' alternative viewpoint on what can represent modernity challenges our understanding of the Greek interpretation of modernization. Contrary to the prevailing notions in Greek historiography that linked modernity exclusively with industrialization, the exhibits displayed by the country abroad prompt a reconsideration of our interpretation of Greek progress, highlighting the influence of the irredentist concept of the Great Idea.

葡萄干与民族主义:通过世界博览会重新审视希腊的现代化愿景(1893-1915 年)
摘要:二十世纪之交举办的世界博览会让人们看到了人类对未来的憧憬。由于世博会主要是促进进步和工业化的场所,人们期望希腊也能以类似的方式参加这些展览。但希腊参加芝加哥(1893 年)、巴黎(1900 年)、布鲁塞尔(1910 年)和旧金山(1915 年)国际博览会的情况证明,由著名学者、技术官僚和商界领袖组成的团体在组织希腊参展时,并没有将世界博览会视为展示工业进步的平台,而是将其视为宣传和强化民族主义理想的场所。通过展出古希腊和拜占庭文物,希腊展馆试图将现代国家与其辉煌的过去联系起来,并重申其欧洲身份。组织者对什么可以代表现代性的另一种观点,挑战了我们对希腊现代化诠释的理解。与希腊史学界将现代性完全与工业化联系在一起的普遍观念相反,希腊在国外展出的展品促使我们重新考虑对希腊进步的解释,突出了伟大构想这一不可分割概念的影响。
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JOURNAL OF MODERN GREEK STUDIES
JOURNAL OF MODERN GREEK STUDIES HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
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期刊介绍: Praised as "a magnificent scholarly journal" by Choice magazine, the Journal of Modern Greek Studies is the only scholarly periodical to focus exclusively on modern Greece. The Journal publishes critical analyses of Greek social, cultural, and political affairs, covering the period from the late Byzantine Empire to the present. Contributors include internationally recognized scholars in the fields of history, literature, anthropology, political science, Byzantine studies, and modern Greece.
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