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Anarchy in Athens: An ethnography of militancy, emotions and violence
The battles between Athenian anarchists and the Greek state have received a high degree of media attention recently. But away from the intensity of street protests militants implement anarchist practices whose outcomes are far less visible. They feed the hungry and poor, protect migrants from fascist beatings and try to carve out an autonomous political, social and cultural space. Activists within the movement share politics centred on hostility to the capitalist state and all forms of domination, hierarchy and discrimination. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork among Athenian anarchists and anti-authoritarians, Anarchy in Athens unravels the internal complexities within this milieu and provides a better understanding of the forces that give the space its shape.
208 pages, Hardcover
First published October 21, 2016
About the author
Nicholas Apoifis
3 booksAssociate Dean (International) for the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture (ADA) at UNSW Sydney.
Prior to this he was the Director of Education Innovation & Engagement for ADA and in 2021 was awarded UNSW's prestigious Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence (General Category). He is also a Board member and Director of Women's High Performance Football (National Premier League) at the UNSW Football Club. In 2023, he received the UNSW Sports Volunteer of the Year award for his services to the UNSW sporting community and for his work in gender equality in sport.
As a researcher in the School of Politics & International Relations at UNSW, he works with the application and development of settler colonial theories, sport for social change theories, social movement theories and radical qualitative research practices. Dr Apoifis is the co-founder of Coaching Unlimited, an initiative that provides sport specific coaching accreditation and research based health promotion workshops to support Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander coaches, and the co-author of the 2020 manuscript Aboriginal Sports Coaches, Community, and Culture (Springer).
His 2017 manuscript Anarchy in Athens (Manchester University Press) was awarded the UNSW Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Dean's Award for Best Monograph for an Early Career Researcher, 2017. The book was based on unprecedented access to the world’s most militant anarchist movement and involved highly engaged ethnographic fieldwork, referred to as Militant Ethnography. An aspect of this methodological approach has Dr Apoifis disseminating his research insights and findings amongst international activist networks and anti-fascist and anti-authoritarian collectives.
Prior to this he was the Director of Education Innovation & Engagement for ADA and in 2021 was awarded UNSW's prestigious Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence (General Category). He is also a Board member and Director of Women's High Performance Football (National Premier League) at the UNSW Football Club. In 2023, he received the UNSW Sports Volunteer of the Year award for his services to the UNSW sporting community and for his work in gender equality in sport.
As a researcher in the School of Politics & International Relations at UNSW, he works with the application and development of settler colonial theories, sport for social change theories, social movement theories and radical qualitative research practices. Dr Apoifis is the co-founder of Coaching Unlimited, an initiative that provides sport specific coaching accreditation and research based health promotion workshops to support Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander coaches, and the co-author of the 2020 manuscript Aboriginal Sports Coaches, Community, and Culture (Springer).
His 2017 manuscript Anarchy in Athens (Manchester University Press) was awarded the UNSW Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Dean's Award for Best Monograph for an Early Career Researcher, 2017. The book was based on unprecedented access to the world’s most militant anarchist movement and involved highly engaged ethnographic fieldwork, referred to as Militant Ethnography. An aspect of this methodological approach has Dr Apoifis disseminating his research insights and findings amongst international activist networks and anti-fascist and anti-authoritarian collectives.
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August 25, 2026
Το βιβλίο για την εποχή που βγήκε (λίγο μετά την εκλογή του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ το 2015) ήταν αρκετά καινοτόμο και ενημερωτικό. Η ελληνική του όμως μετάφραση-επιμέλεια έχει αρκετά προβλήματα. Για αρχή στις ευχαριστίες έχουν σβηστεί αρκετά ονόματα που στο αγγλικό πρωτότυπο υπήρχαν (λες και ο συγγραφέας ή η ελληνική έκδοση του βιβλίου ήθελαν να κρύψουν κάτι από το ελληνικό αναγνωστικό κοινό). Επίσης η διπλή χρήση αρσενικών/θηλυκών σε όλο το βιβλίο, κουράζει τον αναγνώστη και φαίνεται πως ο μεταφραστής (ή η επιμέλεια του βιβλίου) ακολουθούν το δεύτερο φεμινιστικό κύμα, καθώς όπως διατυπώνεται και στο αρχικό σημείωμα της επιμέλειας, δεν δέχονται τον ουδέτερο τύπο που πλέον ο χώρος χρησιμοποιεί συστηματικά.
Αρκετό ενδιαφέρον βγάζουν και διάφορα άλλα σημεία, που αποτελούν ένδειξη τσαπατσουλιάς και βιασύνης.
Χαρακτηριστικό παράδειγμα αποτελεί η υποσημείωση του μεταφραστή αρ. 7 σελ. 55 "Έτσι είναι ο όρος από τον Αλτουσέρ" που δεν βγάζει νόημα και είναι λες κι απευθύνεται στην επιμέλεια και όχι στον αναγνώστη.
Για την τιμή στην οποία διατίθεται στα βιβλιοπωλεία, η μονογραφία αυτή χρειάζεται άμεση επανέκδοση και επικαιροποιηση.
Αρκετό ενδιαφέρον βγάζουν και διάφορα άλλα σημεία, που αποτελούν ένδειξη τσαπατσουλιάς και βιασύνης.
Χαρακτηριστικό παράδειγμα αποτελεί η υποσημείωση του μεταφραστή αρ. 7 σελ. 55 "Έτσι είναι ο όρος από τον Αλτουσέρ" που δεν βγάζει νόημα και είναι λες κι απευθύνεται στην επιμέλεια και όχι στον αναγνώστη.
Για την τιμή στην οποία διατίθεται στα βιβλιοπωλεία, η μονογραφία αυτή χρειάζεται άμεση επανέκδοση και επικαιροποιηση.
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