The Historiography of the Greek Revolution of 1821: From Memoirs to National Scholarly History, 1821–1922

Q3 Arts and Humanities
Historein Pub Date : 2021-07-06 DOI:10.12681/HISTOREIN.18371
Panagiotis Stathis
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This study discusses the historiography of the Greek Revolution of 1821, what in Greek is often referred to as “Twenty-One” (Eikosiena) or the “Struggle” (Agon). Since 1821 constitutes the founding condition of the Greek state and autonomous existence of the Greek nation, it can be considered as the main historiographical field of modern Greek history. Throughout most of the twentieth century it represented a field of conflict between opposing historiographical but also ideological and political currents. Opposing ideological environments and collective identities formed different readings of Greek history in which the Greek Revolution played a central role. Its reading and interpretation served as the compass for reading and interpreting the whole process of modern Greek historical development. Opposing collectives also made selective use of the history of 1821 by searching for their “ancestors” in the revolutionary past; thus they formed historical genealogies through which they could claim authentic continuity with leading social groups and figures of the revolution. Consequently, 1821 obtained exemplary power. Accordingly each of its readings functioned as the starting point in shaping the political practice in the present. In other words, each and every reading of 1821 formed or supported directional guides of political practices in the present.
1821年希腊革命的史学:从回忆录到国家学术历史,1821 - 1922
本研究讨论了1821年希腊革命的史学,在希腊语中通常被称为“二十一”(Eikosiena)或“斗争”(Agon)。由于1821年构成了希腊国家的成立条件和希腊民族的自治存在,它可以被认为是希腊现代史的主要史学领域。在二十世纪的大部分时间里,它代表了对立的历史潮流以及意识形态和政治潮流之间的冲突领域。对立的意识形态环境和集体身份形成了对希腊历史的不同解读,希腊革命在其中发挥了核心作用。它的解读是解读希腊现代历史发展全过程的指南针。反对的集体还选择性地利用1821年的历史,寻找他们革命历史中的“祖先”;因此,他们形成了历史谱系,通过这些谱系,他们可以声称与革命的主要社会团体和人物真正的连续性。因此,1821获得了示范功率。因此,它的每一篇解读都是塑造当今政治实践的起点。换句话说,1821年的每一次阅读都形成或支持了当今政治实践的方向指南。
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