Date of Award
8-1999
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Sociology
First Advisor
Dr. Paula Brush
Second Advisor
Dr. Douglas Davidson
Third Advisor
Dr. Vyacheslav Karpov
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
My thesis addresses the role of Cypriot intellectuals in the nationalist movement aiming at the political union of Cyprus with Greece. In particular, it will examine the contribution of three intellectual categories to the 1931 uprising, namely clerics, teachers, and journalists. The 1931 nationalist uprising was the first Greek nationalist mass movement in Cyprus, and can be seen as laying the ground for the 1955-1960 armed struggle against the British, who were the colonial rulers of the island at the time. Furthermore, I argue that over and above the petty interests of modernized urban elites, it was the accommodation of prevalent cultural values and symbols that afforded the movement's resonance among the Greek population of the island. Finally, I propose that structuralist theories viewing the development of nationalism in Cyprus as a purely hegemonic process tend to neglect the dialogical aspects of nationalist discourse.
Recommended Citation
Loizides, Georgios P., "Intellectuals and Nationalism in Cyprus: A Study of the Role of Intellectuals in the 1931 Uprising" (1999). Masters Theses. 3885.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/3885