{"product_id":"radical-resilience-othon-alexandrakis-9781501761447","title":"Radical Resilience: Athenian Topographies of Precarity and Possibility","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadical Resilience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e relates narratives of Athenians struggling to survive the impoverishment of relentless austerity measures, compounding emergencies, and human disasters of successive national crises in Greece since 2010.\u003c\/b\u003e Drawing on eight years of fieldwork, Othon Alexandrakis examines the effects of injury, erosion, and upheaval on individuals already pushed beyond their limits but holding on against all odds. Through analysis of everyday scenes across different social locations in the city, he documents the often slow, difficult work of picking up the pieces of one's life and moving them around--and the worlds that fade and the ones that become visible in the process. He shares the stories of a disillusioned anarchist organizer, an exhausted nurse helping a father search for his lost daughter, a misunderstood Romani man rejected by his friends and family, and an undocumented migrant who discovers hope in the trash--stories of individuals finding solace and possibility within, with, and against the tragedies of their lives. Alexandrakis shows how these stories lead to a potentially transformative coming to resilience. In \u003ci\u003eRadical Resilience\u003c\/i\u003e, Alexandrakis traces the bare edges of radical possibility from within the efforts of those continuing on beyond their limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Othon Alexandrakis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501761447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501761447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d","brand":"Othon Alexandrakis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982010220799,"sku":"9781501761447","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4fe323f-b377-424d-b2b6-9dcf2e160097.jpg?v=1683258766","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/radical-resilience-othon-alexandrakis-9781501761447","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}