Open AccessImperial Rhetoric and Revolutionary Practice: The Greek 1821
Author(s) -
Ada Dialla
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
historein
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2241-2816
pISSN - 1108-3441
DOI - 10.12681/historein.27480
Subject(s) - greeks , politics , rhetoric , subject (documents) , period (music) , element (criminal law) , identity (music) , political rhetoric , aesthetics , history , cultural revolution , political science , political economy , sociology , social science , literature , law , philosophy , art , ancient history , linguistics , library science , computer science
The article focuses on the revolutionary period of 1821 and examines how the bloody uprising of the Greeks against the Ottomans, in conjunction with the international environment, transformed the notion of the nation. Before the revolution, the term “nation” had mostly cultural connotations and, from a political point of view, was a neutral category within an imperial framework, without claims to be the primary and the dominant element of political identity. The revolutionary period transformed the perception of the nation into an active political and social force and into the most important actor/subject of the historical and political processes.