Anarchy in Athens - An Ethnography of Militancy, Emotions and Violence

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Apoifis is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of New South Wales, Australia Klappentext Based on extensive first-hand fieldwork, this book offers rare insight into activist ethnography and the role of emotions and violence in social movement reproduction, with implications extending far beyond the study locale. Zusammenfassung Based on extensive first-hand fieldwork! this book offers rare insight into activist ethnography and the role of emotions and violence in social movement reproduction! with implications extending far beyond the study locale. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Hellenic turmoil 2. Social movement theory and collective identity3. Militant ethnography and taking notes in a furnace4. The early years of Greek anarchism: 'it just doesn't mean anything to me'5. A contemporary history: 'Fuck May 68, Fight Now!'6. The anarchist and anti-authoritarian space: tensions and tendencies7. Street-protests and emotions: a temporary unityConclusion: imagining and fighting for alternative realitiesIndex

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• Authors: Dr Nicholas Apoifis, Nicholas Apoifis, Apoifis Nicholas
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.10.2016
• EAN: 9781526100634
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-0063-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Contemporary Anarchist Studies; Contemporary Anarchist Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Greece, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Anarchism, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Political activism, Social and cultural anthropology, Violence in society, Violence and abuse in society, Anarchism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, Political activism / Political engagement