Rethinking a Radical Reputation

An Athens Neighbourhood between Media Hype and Social Experience

Maria Kenti-Kranidioti (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

206 Seiten

2025
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
9781836951339 (ISBN)

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This book explores the neighbourhood of Exarcheia in Athens through its tensions and contradictions and how they coexist to maintain particular historical and political narratives through an ethnographic study of stories and discussions with residents of the area.

Known for its anarchist and leftist movements, its uprisings and its vibrant counterculture, Exarcheia has long been a symbol of resistance and political activism in Greece. Through the voices and experiences of those who live, work and move through Exarcheia, this book delves into Athens’ most contested neighbourhood – both its visible, striking elements and the unseen, elusive forces that linger in whispers, silences and memories. It unravels the tensions and contradictions of a place where beauty and resistance, decay and resilience are coexistent. Rather than reinforcing or dismissing its clichés and stereotypes, this exploration reveals the layered histories and political narratives that shape Exarcheia’s past, present and future.

Maria Kenti-Kranidioti is a social anthropologist and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cyprus. Her research interests include urban anthropology, comparative ethnography, politics, identity, displacement and social movements.

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Notes on Transliteration

Introduction: A Place That Does Not Exist

Chapter 1. Mapping Affective Geographies, Reading Exarcheian Archives

Chapter 2. Narratives of Apoliticisation and Political Performativity

Chapter 3. The ‘Exarcheia Problem’: Moral and Material ‘Wretchedness’ in the Neighbourhood

Chapter 4. Politics of Neglect and Conceptualisations of ‘the State’

Conclusion. Departures. ‘The Metro is Coming!’

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	07.08.2025
Reihe/Serie	New Anthropologies of Europe: Perspectives and Provocations
Zusatzinfo	Bibliography; Index; 21 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9781836951339 / 9781836951339
Zustand	Neuware