Beyond Crisis: After the Collapse of Institutional Hope in Greece, What? - Couverture souple

Holloway, John; Nasioka, Katerina; Doulos, Panagiotis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1629635154 ISBN 13 : 9781629635156

Editeur : PM Press, 2020

Synopsis

The government led by Syriza in Greece, elected in January of 2015, seemed, at least in its initial months, to be the most radical European government in recent history. It proclaimed itself as the 'government of hope' and became a symbol of hope throughout the world. It represented for many the proof that radical change could be achieved through institutional politics. Then came the referendum of July 2015, the vote to reject the austerity imposed by the banks and the European Union, followed by the complete reversal of the government's position and its acceptance of that austerity. The dramatic collapse of the Syriza government's radical discourse showed the limits of institutional politics, a lesson that is apparently completely overlooked by the enthusiastic followers of Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders. But it also poses profound questions for those who reject state-centred politics. The anarchist or autonomist movement in Greece has been one of the strongest in the world yet it has failed to have a significant impact in opening up alternative perspectives in this situation. Is there then no way out? Is there nothing beyond the world of capitalist destruction or can we still see some possibility for radical hope? The essays in this collection reflect on the experience of the crisis in Greece and its political implications for the whole world. They do not point a way forward but seek to open windows in the darkening sky of apparent impossibility.

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À propos des auteurs

John Holloway is a professor of sociology at the Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades in the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico. He has published widely on Marxist theory, on the Zapatista movement, and on the new forms of anticapitalist struggle. His book Change the World without Taking Power has been translated into eleven languages and has stirred an international debate.

Katerina Nasioka is the coauthor of Gender and Journalism in Greece (2008) and author of Ciudades en Insurrección: Oaxaca 2006/Atenas 2008 (2017). She has also published articles in various journals on recent social struggles in Greece. Her research interests concern urban space, critical theory, and social insurrections.

Panagiotis Doulos teaches in the Department of Social Anthropology in the Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala. He completed his PhD studies in sociology at the Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades "Alfonso Vélez Pliego" of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) in Mexico. His research interests concern issues of violence, social movements, and critical theory.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: PM Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1629635154
• ISBN 13: 9781629635156
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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