Liminal commons modern rituals of transition in Greece / Angelos Varvarousis.
| Author/creator | Varvarousis, Angelos, 1983- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | In common |
| Contents | Introduction -- Commons, Crisis, and Liminality -- Liminal Subjects of Commoning -- Commons in Expansion -- Beyond Closure and Openness -- Trust, Altruism and Solidarity -- Rituals and Transformations. |
| Abstract | "This book is the first attempt to rethink and appraise the role of temporary commoning experiences that develop in contexts of crisis. Activist and urban planner, Angelos Varvarousis, argues that there is a certain type of commons - the liminal commons - which despite their often short lives play a crucial function in contemporary societies; they demarcate and facilitate transitions at the individual, collective and ultimately the societal level. Through an intense exploration of grassroots projects such as occupied squares, self-organised refugee camps, solidarity food structures and social clinics in crisis-ridden Greece, the author observes that humans still invent such collectively performed rituals in order to prepare, symbolize and practically explore the possibility of transformation and transition. In a period in which traditional rites of passage have faded away but many changes are urgently needed, liminal commons can be a key element in the process of claiming awareness and control over the mechanisms of individual, collective and societal emancipation"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Varvarousis, Angelos, 1983- Liminal commons London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022 9780755638895 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022013495 |
| ISBN | 9780755638925 (pdf) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780755638918 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9780755638932 (XML) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |