ABSTRACT
The exilic experience of many post-Civil War intellectuals contributed to a reconsideration of the meaning of Greekness, broadened their horizons as regards contact with the world outside of Greece, and can be seen as a re-evaluation or critique of Greek national ideology. The exilic or diasporic experience can be thought of in terms of space, both in the constructions of space in the host country and the idealisation of territory; but other factors can be just as important, such as religion and culture, which are territorially indeterminate. Harvey acknowledges the role of human practices in the construction of time and space: postmodern space is an evident construction, and the way in which the exile constructs space is related to this process. The exile continuously renegotiate his or her relationship to the host country as well as to the homeland, creating imaginary spaces of comfort, be they images of home or in the cultural spaces of diaspora communities.
