Political Identities III: The clash of civilizations at the end of history

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7 November 2021

Abstract

Historical narratives engineered during the Cold War to sustain the righteousness of liberalism are being reworked to legitimise neoliberalism – the totalitarianism of our time. On the other side, revolts and revolutions around the world suggest that nothing is lost yet. The panel places the Greek case at its centre to explore the transformative effects of the series of crises that the new neoliberal world order has unleashed. Presentations by: Dimitris Dalakoglou (Department of Social Anthropology, Vrije University, Amsterdam), “Europe”s Last Frontier. Securitization, Racialization and the Politics of Belonging”; Alexandros Kioupkiolis (Department of Political Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), “Democracy in Common. Rethinking the Political Representativeness”; Aimilia Voulvouli (Department of Political Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), “From ‘Free Greece’ to Today”s Commons. An Ethnohistorical Approach to Cooperativism in the Thessaly of Crisis”.

(Edited and translated description from organiser’s website)