Art in the Greek Revolution of 1821
MARIA OUZOUNOGLOU
Anastasios Basaras: The Revolution of 1821 and its Timeless Significance on the eve of the bicentennial
Dear Friends, Good morning and Happy Birthday, I prepared this lecture to present it at EL.I.S.M.E. on March 26, 2020 to commemorate the anniversary of the National Rebirth. However, the protection measures for the coronavirus pandemic did not allow me to present it live and in front of an audience. But let's move on to the speech, […]
Georgios Doudoumis*: GREEK CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN THE BALKANS
IntroductionThis paper attempts, from the Greek perspective, as a crucial Balkan subset, to define on a cultural basis a framework for a strategic diplomatic approach exclusively to the remaining Balkan countries, which together with Greece constitute a largely homogeneous cultural entity, which is covered by the term “Balkans” as a geocultural entity with a distinct identity. This […]
Dimitris K. Bakas: ELECTIONS, A SIMPLE HOLISTIC VIEW
Introduction In the context of modern Democracy, the citizen is the fundamental subject and determines his stance, either through the vision he has for an ideal State or through his social integration. He acts either individually or collectively in two institutional dimensions of Democracy: In the functioning of the democratic system at the level of state institutions and in […]
Miltiadis V. Parlantzas: THE TURKocracy and the 21st Century Revolution Through the Municipal Song
THE TURKEY AND THE REVOLUTION OF THE 21ST CENTURY THROUGH THE COUNTRY SONG “Bird, how is the war going, the thief’s rifle? Nikitaras goes in front, Kolokotronis behind, and behind the Greeks with swords in their hands.” This traditional song refers to the aftermath of the epic and perhaps most strategically important victory of the Greeks in […]
Gregory Nousias*: Do not hold grudges, O Greeks!
''Against Ctesiphon'', the men . . . ''About Stephen'', the non! 1184 BC Troy falls, and the Greeks board the ships for their return. Hecuba, the unfortunate queen with many children, loses everything. Her sons are dead. Her daughters and daughters-in-law are captives. And her grandson, Astyanax, the son of Hector […]
Dimitris K. Bakas: EXAMPLE OF THE RISE OF HUMANITY (THE SARACATSAN BRIGHTNESS)
I wish I knew! I wish all ordinary people knew, like me. But can the deeply educated, the wise, the philosophers, the mathematicians, the physicists, find the explanation? I don't know! Is there a mathematical model? A mathematical relationship? Can we understand it with a philosophical approach? It seems strange to me. Completely absurd. And yet it is […]
Dimitris K. Bakas: IMPROVEMENT AS A VIRTUE
Preface The broader social climate in the current reality is overflowing with disappointment and pessimism. The reasons are “known” to all of us! Or rather, we believe so. Perhaps we have not diagnosed the true reality and are in a state of self-deception. We are chasing to solve our financial problem and ensure our well-being, but we have moved away from our well-being. […]
Dimitris Bakas: Creative sadness as a virtue
Preface. Sadness is a sign of mental poverty. An unpleasant feeling of helplessness, anorexia and insecurity. Everything seems indifferent to us. We live in an unbearable acedia. The opposite of joy, optimism, fulfillment and happiness. We feel a dead end. We feel that we love nothing and no one. Not even ourselves. The abundance of sadness has […]
Dimitris Bakas: LOVE AS A VIRTUE (PART TWO)
Connection with the first part For many centuries, people had believed that love was a “gift of God,” with which, when cultivated within themselves, they overcome their suffering. After being disappointed, to a significant extent, they believed in the power of reason. And that, as naked reason, soon disappointed them and they turned to the individual acquisition […]