Nationalism and the lost homeland: The case of Greece

As evidenced by the radical changes to state organisation, legitimacy and international order in past couple of centuries with development nationalist ideology, nationalism inherently carries a spatial dimension that translates into an assertion for control land. This way, it transforms land ancestral national homeland rightfully belonging ‘the nation’. But what if was lost another nation? Embarking from Anthony Smith's ethno-symbolist approach on construction homelands, this article will attempt theoretical homelands. These are usually cases where military defeats led mass expulsions populations their lands, while ideologies appropriated them as The main argument is idea homelands has turned symbol these constituent element respective identities. Drawing Greek perceptions explore mechanisms nationalisation space process elaborated those even after they became ‘lost’ nation. contributes studies dimensions identities, effects forced population transfers identity politics creation myths symbols.