How is the current crisis explained? Are our national pathologies, the country's history, and its inadequate modernization to blame? Or is it the product of a broader crisis affecting European modernity? 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 welfare system, and the role of religion in modern society. In the market confrontation of slogans and costless characterizations, this collective volume favors arguments and the competition of ideas. It thus promotes nuances and, occasionally, provides practical answers to the "basics." Not a small feat! 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 "unfinished" modernity and a cultural "duality" 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 reason and power. Antonis Liakos Professor of Modern History, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens