Απόψεις περί ετυμολογίας και κοινωνικές αναπαραστάσεις στη σύγχρονη Ελλάδα Απόψεις περί ετυμολογίας και κοινωνικές αναπαραστάσεις στη σύγχρονη Ελλάδα El En

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The subject of this paper concerns the recent growth of the so-called ‘pseudo-scientific’ etymology in Modern Greek and the social representations which reflect various beliefs and social tendencies. These representations are based upon a discourse on the collective and political identity of a nation-state, a characteristic excessively developed nowadays in Eastern Europe. For this purpose, we will classify our data according to: a) the criterion of a partial adoption of scientific methodology; and b) the ideological and/or political stakes which underlie this type of etymologizing. We will also try to: a) highlight, through their argumentation, the underlying beliefs (Sériot, Bulgakova & Eržen 2008); b) address the issue of the reception of these views within 21st c. Greek society and the Greek academic community.

The subject of this paper concerns the recent growth of the so-called ‘pseudo-scientific’ etymology in Modern Greek and the social representations which reflect various beliefs and social tendencies. These representations are based upon a discourse on the collective and political identity of a nation-state, a characteristic excessively developed nowadays in Eastern Europe. For this purpose, we will classify our data according to: a) the criterion of a partial adoption of scientific methodology; and b) the ideological and/or political stakes which underlie this type of etymologizing. We will also try to: a) highlight, through their argumentation, the underlying beliefs (Sériot, Bulgakova & Eržen 2008); b) address the issue of the reception of these views within 21st c. Greek society and the Greek academic community.