PHILANTHROPY IN 19TH CENTURY IN GREECE: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION. THE CASE OF ATHENS AND PIRAEUS
Abstract
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PRESENT STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE HOW THE WIDER SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT IN THE LAST DECADES OF 19TH CENTURY GREECE DETERMINED BOTH THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PHILANTHROPY. A THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF PUBLISHED MATERIAL AND UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS REVEALED THAT THE PHILANTHROPY PRACTICES IN GREECE SHARE COMMON FEATURES WITH THOSE ADVOCATED IN WESTERN EUROPE. IN BOTH CASES THE PHILANTHROPIC INTEREST HAD EMERGED AS A RESULT OF MAJOR CHANGES IN SOCIAL ATTITUDES CONCERNING POVERTY WHICH TENDED TO IDENTIFY IT WITH IDLENESS AND THREAT OF THE SOCIAL ORDER. IN CONTRAST, THE SERVICES OFFERED IN THE19TH CENTURY ATHENS /GREECE WERE ONLY PARTLY INFLUENCED BY THE ABOVE MENTIONED ATTITUDES SINCE THERE WAS MAJOR OPPOSITION TO THOSE ATTITUDES BY THE WIDERSOCIAL SETTING. THUS, IT IS ARGUED, THAT THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF PHILANTHROPIC MOVEMENT OF THE TIME WAS INFLUENCED BY TRADITIONAL ATTITUDES FAVORING UNDISCRIMINATED CHARITY AND, AS A RESULT, WAS CHARACTERIZE ...
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