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O R I G I N S O F T H E H I S T O R I O G R A P H Y O F M O D E R N G R E E K S C I E N C E MANOLIS PATINIOTIS ABSTRACT The purpose of the paper is to examine how Greek historians account for the presence of modern scientific ideas in the intellectual environment of eighteenth-century Greek-speaking society. It will also discuss the function of the history of modern Greek science in the context of Greek national his- toriography. As will be shown, the history of modern Greek science spent most of its life under the shadow of the history of ideas. Despite its see- mingly secondary role, however, it occupied a distinctive place within na- tional historiography because it formed the ground upon which different perceptions of the country's European identity converged. In this respect, one of the main goals of this paper is to outline the particular ideological presumptions, which shaped the historiography of modern Greek science under different historical circumstances. At the end an attempt will be made to articulate a viewpoint more in tandem with the
Nuncius (successor of "Annali") – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2008
Keywords: Historiography of science, Positivist historiography, National identity
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