Tevdovski, Ljuben (2016) Between Classical Archaeology and Neo-orthodoxy – the Transformations, Identities and Challenges of the Political Elites in Contemporary Greece. Political Thought (52). pp. 9-34. ISSN 1409-9853
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Abstract
Culture provides an everlasting source for political inspiration. It offers context and means of political communication and represents by itself an equivalent of social cohesion. Therefore, in various historical and geographic realities, political elites were obliged to grasp the diversity of symbols and personal and group identities in order to achieve their goals or aspirations in the society. In this complex socio-cultural process, certain cultural identities are promoted and others ignored, but in most cases they are all manipulated and transformed. At the same time, all political elites represent an integral part of certain culture or cultural group, and their personal or group identities, consciously or not, affect their decisions, actions, and even shape their goals.
This essay focuses on the specific case of the contemporary Greek society, analyzing different cultural tendencies and identities of the Greek political elites. It traces the roots of this cultural diversity and inconsistence in the early relations between the identities, visions, and aspirations of the foreign and domestic elites in the Greek kingdom. Yet, it does not just aim to provide an accurate portray of the identity of the contemporary local elites, but it also relates these features of the elites with their ability to react to the social and cultural changes.
The essay emphasizes important theoretical questions about the relationship between political elites and cultural identities, but it also analyzes concrete developments and challenges connected to the rapid transformations of the societies and the global reality.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Humanities > History and archaeology Humanities > Philosophy, ethics and religion |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Educational Science |
| Depositing User: | Ljuben Tevdovski |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2021 09:54 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Feb 2021 09:54 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/27574 |
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