Beyond spontaneity: crisis, violence and collective action in Athens

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Dalakoglou, Dimitris (2012) Beyond spontaneity: crisis, violence and collective action in Athens. City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action, 16 (5). pp. 535-545. ISSN 1360-4813

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Abstract

This article argues for the analytical potentials of the concept of spontaneity in our effort to understand critically the socio-spatial dynamics of Athens, but especially the contemporary collective protest actions in the city. Such critical understanding emerges as a significant task given the current urgency to grasp the capitalist crisis and the collective reactions to it. However, taking into account the re-configuration of extreme-Right violence in the streets of Athens, the article attempts to revisit the Marxist dichotomy between spontaneity and non-spontaneity. Via an anthropological critique of this distinction, the paper suggests an additional point of focus beyond spontaneity.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: spontaneity; crisis; protest; collective action; Athens; state; para-state; extreme-right; violence; anthropology
Schools and Departments: School of Global Studies > Anthropology
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology > GN301 Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology
Depositing User: Dimitris Dalakoglou
Date Deposited: 25 Mar 2013 12:53
Last Modified: 25 Mar 2013 12:53
URI: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/44115

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