Scrivere la storia del mondo coloniale greco: concetti, materiali e prospettive

The aim of this article is to point out and debate some recent issues on the concept itself of Greek colonization. If this word is submitted to a deep criticism, other terms as «diaspora» which have been recently employed by scholars to substitute this problematical word sound even more unsatisfying. In the last part, the paper outlines some future directions of the «colonial studies», crossing both economical and cultural developements.