Panayis Panagiotopoulos is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos is Associate Professor of Contemporary History & Politics at the University of Peloponnese, Greece, and Editor-in-Chief of the Nea Hestia journal.

• 1. Introduction: Framing Greek exoticism. History and the current crisis (Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos, Panayis Panagiotopoulos).- PART I. Exoticism lasts a long time. Philhellenism and other historical constructions of Greece.- 2. Historical Patterns of Greek Exoticism (19th-20th century) (Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos).- 3. The European origins of the Great Idea (Vicky Karafoulidou).- 4. Perceptions of Antiquity and Modernity. Greece in the eyes of her allies, 1946-2018 (Dimitrios Antoniou, Zinovia Lialiouti).- PART II. Radical anticapitalism and social deconstruction during the Greek crisis.- 5. Demodernise Greece. Sociological critique on the construction of an alternative country (Panayis Panagiotopoulos).- 6. Cradle of Solidarity and Philoxenia. Exotic distortions of the Greek migration crisis (Yiorgos Rakkas).- 7. Zorba the Greek. From the “Syrtaki” dance to the Eurogroup (Kostas Karavidas, Yiannis Papatheodorou).- 8. “Spoiled Brats” or “Anti-capitalist Pioneers”. Turkish views of theGreek crisis (Ioannis N. Grigoriadis).- PART III. Ruins and artistic exoticism. Greece as a cultural Arcadia of the West.- 9. Crisis, Exoticism and the Rediscovery of Greece (Dimitris Tziovas).- 10. The Cornucopia of Greekness. Copies and performances of a body that never was (Despina Sevasti).- 11. Self-exoticism, The Iconography of crisis and the Greek Weird Wave (Afroditi Nikolaidou).- 12. Athens, an alternative city. Graffiti and radical tourism (Vassilis Vamvakas).

Panayis Panagiotopoulos is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos is Associate Professor of Contemporary History & Politics at the University of Peloponnese, Greece, and Editor-in-Chief of the Nea Hestia journal.

• 1. Introduction: Framing Greek exoticism. History and the current crisis (Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos, Panayis Panagiotopoulos).- PART I. Exoticism lasts a long time. Philhellenism and other historical constructions of Greece.- 2. Historical Patterns of Greek Exoticism (19th-20th century) (Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos).- 3. The European origins of the Great Idea (Vicky Karafoulidou).- 4. Perceptions of Antiquity and Modernity. Greece in the eyes of her allies, 1946-2018 (Dimitrios Antoniou, Zinovia Lialiouti).- PART II. Radical anticapitalism and social deconstruction during the Greek crisis.- 5. Demodernise Greece. Sociological critique on the construction of an alternative country (Panayis Panagiotopoulos).- 6. Cradle of Solidarity and Philoxenia. Exotic distortions of the Greek migration crisis (Yiorgos Rakkas).- 7. Zorba the Greek. From the “Syrtaki” dance to the Eurogroup (Kostas Karavidas, Yiannis Papatheodorou).- 8. “Spoiled Brats” or “Anti-capitalist Pioneers”. Turkish views of theGreek crisis (Ioannis N. Grigoriadis).- PART III. Ruins and artistic exoticism. Greece as a cultural Arcadia of the West.- 9. Crisis, Exoticism and the Rediscovery of Greece (Dimitris Tziovas).- 10. The Cornucopia of Greekness. Copies and performances of a body that never was (Despina Sevasti).- 11. Self-exoticism, The Iconography of crisis and the Greek Weird Wave (Afroditi Nikolaidou).- 12. Athens, an alternative city. Graffiti and radical tourism (Vassilis Vamvakas).

Panayis Panagiotopoulos is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos is Associate Professor of Contemporary History & Politics at the University of Peloponnese, Greece, and Editor-in-Chief of the Nea Hestia journal.

• 1. Introduction: Framing Greek exoticism. History and the current crisis (Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos, Panayis Panagiotopoulos).- PART I. Exoticism lasts a long time. Philhellenism and other historical constructions of Greece.- 2. Historical Patterns of Greek Exoticism (19th-20th century) (Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos).- 3. The European origins of the Great Idea (Vicky Karafoulidou).- 4. Perceptions of Antiquity and Modernity. Greece in the eyes of her allies, 1946-2018 (Dimitrios Antoniou, Zinovia Lialiouti).- PART II. Radical anticapitalism and social deconstruction during the Greek crisis.- 5. Demodernise Greece. Sociological critique on the construction of an alternative country (Panayis Panagiotopoulos).- 6. Cradle of Solidarity and Philoxenia. Exotic distortions of the Greek migration crisis (Yiorgos Rakkas).- 7. Zorba the Greek. From the “Syrtaki” dance to the Eurogroup (Kostas Karavidas, Yiannis Papatheodorou).- 8. “Spoiled Brats” or “Anti-capitalist Pioneers”. Turkish views of theGreek crisis (Ioannis N. Grigoriadis).- PART III. Ruins and artistic exoticism. Greece as a cultural Arcadia of the West.- 9. Crisis, Exoticism and the Rediscovery of Greece (Dimitris Tziovas).- 10. The Cornucopia of Greekness. Copies and performances of a body that never was (Despina Sevasti).- 11. Self-exoticism, The Iconography of crisis and the Greek Weird Wave (Afroditi Nikolaidou).- 12. Athens, an alternative city. Graffiti and radical tourism (Vassilis Vamvakas).