Anxiety and Post‐Authoritarian Societies: Insights from 1980s Greece.

This article discusses anxiety as an analytical and methodological concept in the investigation of post‐authoritarian societies, drawing on three well‐being‐focused anxieties that marked Greece in the 1980s: first, the degradation of the urban environment, especially in Athens; second, the technolog...

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Publicado en:History Vol. 109; no. 386/387; pp. 395 - 419
Autor principal: ZESTANAKIS, PANAGIOTIS
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2024
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