Insular Destinies

Paschalis M. Kitromilides, PhD Harvard University, is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Athens and Director of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies. From 2000 to 2011 he was Director of the Institute of Neohellenic Research at the National Hellenic Research Foundation. His recent books in English include: Adamantios Korais and the European Enlightenment (Voltaire Foundation, 2010); Enlightenment and Revolution. The Making of Modern Greece (Harvard University Press, 2013); Enlightenment and religion in the Orthodox world (Voltaire Foundation, 2016).

Foreword by Professor Robert Holland



Acknowledgments



List of Illustrations



Abbreviations



Introduction



Part One: Culture and Society in a Captive Island










Cyprus in History







Early Modern Cypriot Learning: A provisional periodization proposal (1571-1878)







The Patriotism of the Expatriates







Repression and Protest in Traditional Society: Cyprus 1764







The Anonymity of a Prominent Woman in Eighteenth-Century Cyprus







A Moldovian Connection to the Introduction of the Enlightenment in Cyprus: The contribution of Archbishop Kyprianos (1810-1821)







Cyprus in 1821: A report to the Levant Company and the Layers of Historical Memory







Collective Consciousness and Poetry: Three moments in the literary tradition of modern Cyprus




Part Two: The Politics of the Cyprus Question








From Coexistence to Confrontation: The dynamics of ethnic conflict in Cyprus







Ethnic Conflict in a Strategic Area: The case of Cyprus







An Unexplored Case of Political Change: A research note on the electoral history of Cyprus







Political Community in Plural Societies







Relevance or Irrelevance of Nationalism? A perspective from the Eastern Mediterranean







Milestones in the Historiography of the Cyprus Question






Bibliographical and critical notes



Index