How can the current crisis be explained? Are our national pathologies, the country's history, and its inadequate modernization to blame? Or is it a product of a broader crisis that European modernity is going through? The purpose of the book is not to provide absolute answers, but to provoke a discussion on four central dimensions of the crisis, presenting conflicting views on the economy, legal and political culture, the social welfare system, and the role of religion in modern society.

In the market clash of slogans and futile characterizations, this collective volume favors arguments and the competition of ideas. It thus promotes shades and, here and there, provides practical answers to the "basics." It is not insignificant!
N. K. Alivizatos
Professor of Constitutional Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

What is the relationship between crisis and modernity? Are the events in Greece the result of an "incomplete" modernity and a cultural "dualism" from which the country "suffers"? Or are they phenomena of the crisis of modernity itself? The dialogue attempted by this book is a test of the relationship between discourse and power.
Antonis Liakos
Professor of Modern History, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens