ΑΛΛΗΛΕΓΓΥΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΕ: ΕΞΕΛΙΞΕΙΣ ΣΤΟ ΠΕΔΙΟ ΤΗΣ ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΙΚΗΣ ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΚΛΗΣΕΙΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΕ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ

The concept and dimensions of solidarity H έννοια και οι διαστάσεις της αλληλεγγύης Dimitrios E. Akrivoulis Assistant Professor, Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece Δημήτριος Ακριβούλης Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Τμήμα Βαλκανικών, Σλαβικών και Ανατολικών Σπουδών, Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας Clouds, lingering yet, extend in solid bars Through the grey west; and lo! these waters, steeled By breezeless air to smoothest polish, yield A vivid repetition of the stars. —William Wordsworth, Poems Dedicated to National Independence and Liberty , 1807 O God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea! —William Shakespeare, King Henry IV , Part II, Act III, 1597 The export of concepts is the most effective technology of the politics of depend- ency. Their import, their accommodation in the cultural milieu of their recep- tion, is a process both productive and violent. Concepts are never innocent. The intricate processes of concept formation often conceal a series of real-life bat- tles and disarrays, antagonisms and acts of resistance, silences, suppressions and omissions. They are trajectories of revolution and change, but also of discovery, conquer and plunder. Most crucially, the historically and culturally specific crys-