Journal of Mediterranean Studies, Volume 12Mediterranean Institute, University of Malta, 2002 |
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... Cypriots say - a past that has not caught up with the present . 5 For Cypriots , modernity is not only a cultural and temporal condition but also spatial . The present occupies a specific geographical location- Europe and more broadly ...
... Cypriots say - a past that has not caught up with the present . 5 For Cypriots , modernity is not only a cultural and temporal condition but also spatial . The present occupies a specific geographical location- Europe and more broadly ...
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... Cypriot identity . There is nothing more insulting to Cypriots than the claim that their society is not quite modern and European . Very few other things can generate as much frustration , disillusionment and anger as the accusation ...
... Cypriot identity . There is nothing more insulting to Cypriots than the claim that their society is not quite modern and European . Very few other things can generate as much frustration , disillusionment and anger as the accusation ...
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... Cypriots were ' a very secular people ' , not quite succeeding and becoming increasingly frustrated and angry . My acquaintance is a man thoroughly steeped in the modernist ideology and firmly believes that Cyprus is a modern European ...
... Cypriots were ' a very secular people ' , not quite succeeding and becoming increasingly frustrated and angry . My acquaintance is a man thoroughly steeped in the modernist ideology and firmly believes that Cyprus is a modern European ...
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Tradition Modernity and European Hegemony | 23 |
Alternative Modernities or Accountable Modernities? | 43 |
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