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In this introductory chapter, Christofis and Kyritsi introduce the reader into the history of nationalism in modern and contemporary Cyprus. The scope of the analysis is a historical approach to nationalism, that is the view that the world of nations, ethnic identity, and national ideology are neither eternal, nor ahistorical or primordial but are rather socially constructed and function within particular historical and social contexts. In this framework, the authors explore how Cyprus—a small Mediterranean island that was and still remains marked by opposed nationalisms, that is, Greek and Turkish—constitutes a fertile ground for examining the history, the dynamics and the dialectics of nationalism.
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Christofis, N., Kyritsi, T. (2018). Introduction: Cypriot Nationalism(s) in Context. In: Kyritsi, T., Christofis, N. (eds) Cypriot Nationalisms in Context. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97804-8_1
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