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An Anti-Philhellene’s View of Greece: Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer

Stefan Lindinger ; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens


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Abstract

This article is about Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer (1790-1861) and his concept of Greece. In the History of the Morea Peninsula during the Middle Ages (1830), Fallmerayer contradicted the prevailing philhellenic paradigm of a continuity between ancient and modern Greece. After a quick glance on the author’s biography, the biologisms and stereotypes in his argumentation are investigated. It has to be underlined that his attacks are not so much directed against Greece as against philhellenism. Even though the content value of his argumentation has long been outdated, a certain stylistic value of his texts cannot be denied.

Keywords

Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer, Greece, philhellenism, essay

Hrčak ID:

308746

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/308746

Publication date:

15.7.2019.

Article data in other languages: german

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