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ORIGINS OF THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF MODERN GREEK SCIENCE

ORIGINS OF THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF MODERN GREEK SCIENCE 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 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nuncius (successor of "Annali") Brill

ORIGINS OF THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF MODERN GREEK SCIENCE

Nuncius (successor of "Annali") , Volume 23 (2): 265 – Jan 1, 2008

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Brill
Copyright
© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0394-7394
eISSN
1825-3911
DOI
10.1163/182539108X00580
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Abstract

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

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Nuncius (successor of "Annali")Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2008

Keywords: Historiography of science, Positivist historiography, National identity

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