Right-wing Populist Politics of History in Contemporary Greece. The Greek Nation between Brotherlessness and Orthodox Christian Brotherhood in a Hostile “New World Order”
Right-wing Populist Politics of History in Contemporary Greece. The Greek Nation between Brotherlessness and Orthodox Christian Brotherhood in a Hostile “New World Order”

Summary/Abstract: This article elaborates on two concepts that are widespread among the supporters of radical right-wing populist parties in contemporary Greece and are based on ambiguous historical narratives. The first concept, that of the “brotherless nation”, formulated for the first time in 1985 by the then president of Greece, Christos Sartzetakis, claims that modern Greeks are not related to any other nations or ethnic groups due to their “unique origin.” Therefore, in difficult or dangerous situations, they must depend only on themselves. The second concept, on the other hand, asserts that modern Greeks, along with Serbs and Russians, are members of an Orthodox Christian brotherhood. This perception has existed since the 19th century and experienced a revival in the wake of the end of the Cold War and the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars. Recently, it has resurfaced in the course of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Its proponents, similarly to mainstream ideologues of Pu-tin’s Russia or Vučić’s Serbia, see themselves in a struggle against the “new world order”, allegedly imposed by Western transnational “globalist elites” and promoters of a “woke agenda”.

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