Macedonia and the German World: from the beginning of 19th century until the break of World War I

Abstract

The target of this dissertation is to investigate the position held by Macedonia in German public discourse from the beginning of 19th century until the break of World War I. In the first part the author discusses the place Macedonia held in German historiography, the birth of the comparison between Prussia and the Macedonian Kingdom as well as the transformation of ancient Macedonian history into a political argument by the German intelligentsia. The second part deals with the new-found, by the fragmented German world, interest for contemporary 19th century Macedonia. The unknown and unexplored views of travelers, cartographers, publicists, politicians, military men, propagandists, writers and artists about Macedonia and its inhabitants, together with the political present and future of the latter, are also analyzed in close correlation with the political developments in the Balkans and Europe. Trends, such as antislavism, turcofilia and imperialism, developed within the German Empire ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/36628
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/36628
ND
36628
Alternative title
Η Μακεδονία και ο γερμανικός κόσμος: από τις αρχές του 19ου αιώνα μέχρι την έναρξη του Α΄ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου
Author
Papanikolaou, Konstantinos (Father's name: Seraphim)
Date
2015
Degree Grantor
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Committee members
Γούναρης Βασίλειος
Σφέτας Σπυρίδων
Μιχαηλίδης Ιάκωβος
Νίγδελης Παντελής
Ξυδόπουλος Ιωάννης
Ρασσιδάκη Αλεξάνδρα
Δορδανάς Ευστράτιος
Discipline
Humanities and the ArtsHistory and Archaeology
Keywords
Macedonia; Germany; Austria; Foreign policy; Historiography; Orientalism; Eastern question; Macedonian question
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
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