Alexandros Sakellariou
Biographic Data
| ID | 251367 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandros Sakellariou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandros |
| FAMILY NAME | Sakellariou |
| SIGNATURE | SAKELLARIOU A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Panteion University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5427-933X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Secularist Implications in the Satirical Poetry of 19th-Century Greece: The Case of Andreas Laskaratos and His Criticism of the Orthodox Christian Establishment
This article focuses on the case of Andreas Laskaratos (1811–1901), a famous satirical poet from the Ionian island of Cephalonia (Kefallinia) and a representative of the Heptanese School of Literature. Laskaratos was excommunicated from the Orthodox Church of Greece because of his criticism of the religious establishment. Apart from his other writings, a great number of his satirical poems present trenchant criticism of the Orthodox Church and it…
Muslims in Greek society and the construction of minority status: Etic, emic perspectives, and methodological reflections
Lived Atheism in Contemporary Greek Society: Atheists’ Beliefs and Practices within a Greek-Orthodox Context
In the wake of the ‘New Atheism’ movement, Greek atheists began to gain visibility in the 2010s through various media channels, social media platforms, legal activism, and the establishment of the Atheist Union of Greece. This article presents findings from qualitative research conducted through semi-structured interviews and participant observation, exploring atheism within Greek society. A key focus of this research was to examine the religious…
Investigating fundamentalist trends in the Orthodox Church of Greece: Balancing between traditionalism and fundamentalism
The purpose of this article is to investigate trends and variations of fundamentalism in the Orthodox Church of Greece. In order to achieve this, the article analyses discourses and practices of the Orthodox Church of Greece since the restoration of democracy in 1974. The main argument is that the church, as an institution, produces public discourses and adopts practices with regard to modernity, more specifically on social, political, moral and …
Young People and the Process of Secularisation in Contemporary Greek Society
During the last twenty years, a significant shift has taken place in Greek society. On the one hand, the religious context has been altered due to the arrival of immigrants and refugees with different religious backgrounds. On the other hand, young people seem to distance themselves from religion and the Orthodox Church in various ways. With the above in mind, this article will try to answer a number of questions: Are young people in contemporary…
Public Intellectuals and Islamophobia in Greek Society: Entrenching the Discourses of Fear
The largest part of the existing literature with regard to Islamophobia in Greece focuses primarily on the policies, activities and discourse of politicians and political groups of the extreme right, Orthodox Church figures, state authorities, the media and the Internet. The purpose of this article is to cast light on an aspect which is frequently neglected in the study of Islamophobia, i.e., the role of public intellectuals, through a series of …
Le Bras, Gabriel
Wallis, Roy
Blasphemy
Lily Kong and Orlando Woods, Religion and Space: Competition, Conflict and Violence in the Contemporary World
Women and Golden Dawn: Reproducing the nationalist habitus
This article focuses on the place and role of women in the ideology of the Greek neo-Nazi political party Golden Dawn (GD). The article considers the place of women in GD’s ideology as well as how GD envisages the role of women in society. It asks whether this vision of women’s role is reflected in the participation of women in the party’s activities. Based on a content analysis of material derived from the party’s official websites, it is argued…
Fear of Islam in Greece: Migration, terrorism, and “ghosts” from the past
The article explores the “fear of Islam” through a specific series of political debates about Islam and the future of the Greek-Orthodox national identity. The analysis is based on the method of qualitative content analysis, which makes use of thematic categories and draws on the proceedings of the Greek parliament. The main questions the article will try to address are: How have Greek political parties reacted to public demand for the constructi…
Female Converts from Greek Orthodoxy to Islam and their Digital Religious Identity
The aim of this article is to study the personal stories of female converts from Greek Orthodox religion to Islam as these are presented on the Internet. In particular, I focus on the way some Greek Orthodox women who live in Greece or who are from a Greek Orthodox background but live abroad are self-presented via a website authorized by the Muslim Association of Greece. The main questions are: How did these women decided to change their religion…
Golden Dawn, Austerity and Young People: The Rise of Fascist Extremism Among Young People in Contemporary Greek Society
The contemporary rise of popular support for fascism is investigated in this article through an examination of Golden Dawn's remarkable appeal to a section of Greek youth. This leads to the problematization of mainstream explanatory and interpretive discourses that attribute Golden Dawn's electoral and political attractiveness almost exclusively to anger and a will to punish the political system which is regarded as being responsible for the coun…
The Princeton Reader on Religion and Violence by Mark Jurgensmeyer and Margo Kitts
From Greek Orthodoxy to Islam: Conversion in Contemporary Greek Society and Public Self-Representation
This study focuses on the way people of Greek Orthodox origin, who have been converted to Islam, are self-presented via the media and the internet. The main goal is to study the reasons of their conversion, their social and religious background and the reaction of their family after their conversion. The research material is consisted of newspaper articles, television programs and internet sources. In that material people account of their convers…
Fear of Islam in Greece: Migration, terrorism, and “ghosts” from the past
The article explores the “fear of Islam” through a specific series of political debates about Islam and the future of the Greek-Orthodox national identity. The analysis is based on the method of qualitative content analysis, which makes use of thematic categories and draws on the proceedings of the Greek parliament. The main questions the article will try to address are: How have Greek political parties reacted to public demand for the constructi…
Women and Golden Dawn: Reproducing the nationalist habitus
This article focuses on the place and role of women in the ideology of the Greek neo-Nazi political party Golden Dawn (GD). The article considers the place of women in GD’s ideology as well as how GD envisages the role of women in society. It asks whether this vision of women’s role is reflected in the participation of women in the party’s activities. Based on a content analysis of material derived from the party’s official websites, it is argued…
Golden Dawn, Austerity and Young People: The Rise of Fascist Extremism Among Young People in Contemporary Greek Society
The contemporary rise of popular support for fascism is investigated in this article through an examination of Golden Dawn's remarkable appeal to a section of Greek youth. This leads to the problematization of mainstream explanatory and interpretive discourses that attribute Golden Dawn's electoral and political attractiveness almost exclusively to anger and a will to punish the political system which is regarded as being responsible for the coun…
Investigating fundamentalist trends in the Orthodox Church of Greece: Balancing between traditionalism and fundamentalism
The purpose of this article is to investigate trends and variations of fundamentalism in the Orthodox Church of Greece. In order to achieve this, the article analyses discourses and practices of the Orthodox Church of Greece since the restoration of democracy in 1974. The main argument is that the church, as an institution, produces public discourses and adopts practices with regard to modernity, more specifically on social, political, moral and …
Female Converts from Greek Orthodoxy to Islam and their Digital Religious Identity
The aim of this article is to study the personal stories of female converts from Greek Orthodox religion to Islam as these are presented on the Internet. In particular, I focus on the way some Greek Orthodox women who live in Greece or who are from a Greek Orthodox background but live abroad are self-presented via a website authorized by the Muslim Association of Greece. The main questions are: How did these women decided to change their religion…
From Greek Orthodoxy to Islam: Conversion in Contemporary Greek Society and Public Self-Representation
This study focuses on the way people of Greek Orthodox origin, who have been converted to Islam, are self-presented via the media and the internet. The main goal is to study the reasons of their conversion, their social and religious background and the reaction of their family after their conversion. The research material is consisted of newspaper articles, television programs and internet sources. In that material people account of their convers…
The Princeton Reader on Religion and Violence by Mark Jurgensmeyer and Margo Kitts
Female Converts from Greek Orthodoxy to Islam and their Digital Religious Identity
The aim of this article is to study the personal stories of female converts from Greek Orthodox religion to Islam as these are presented on the Internet. In particular, I focus on the way some Greek Orthodox women who live in Greece or who are from a Greek Orthodox background but live abroad are self-presented via a website authorized by the Muslim Association of Greece. The main questions are: How did these women decided to change their religion…
Golden Dawn, Austerity and Young People: The Rise of Fascist Extremism Among Young People in Contemporary Greek Society
The contemporary rise of popular support for fascism is investigated in this article through an examination of Golden Dawn's remarkable appeal to a section of Greek youth. This leads to the problematization of mainstream explanatory and interpretive discourses that attribute Golden Dawn's electoral and political attractiveness almost exclusively to anger and a will to punish the political system which is regarded as being responsible for the coun…
Women and Golden Dawn: Reproducing the nationalist habitus
This article focuses on the place and role of women in the ideology of the Greek neo-Nazi political party Golden Dawn (GD). The article considers the place of women in GD’s ideology as well as how GD envisages the role of women in society. It asks whether this vision of women’s role is reflected in the participation of women in the party’s activities. Based on a content analysis of material derived from the party’s official websites, it is argued…
Fear of Islam in Greece: Migration, terrorism, and “ghosts” from the past
The article explores the “fear of Islam” through a specific series of political debates about Islam and the future of the Greek-Orthodox national identity. The analysis is based on the method of qualitative content analysis, which makes use of thematic categories and draws on the proceedings of the Greek parliament. The main questions the article will try to address are: How have Greek political parties reacted to public demand for the constructi…
Lily Kong and Orlando Woods, Religion and Space: Competition, Conflict and Violence in the Contemporary World
Le Bras, Gabriel
Wallis, Roy
Blasphemy
Public Intellectuals and Islamophobia in Greek Society: Entrenching the Discourses of Fear
The largest part of the existing literature with regard to Islamophobia in Greece focuses primarily on the policies, activities and discourse of politicians and political groups of the extreme right, Orthodox Church figures, state authorities, the media and the Internet. The purpose of this article is to cast light on an aspect which is frequently neglected in the study of Islamophobia, i.e., the role of public intellectuals, through a series of …
Investigating fundamentalist trends in the Orthodox Church of Greece: Balancing between traditionalism and fundamentalism
The purpose of this article is to investigate trends and variations of fundamentalism in the Orthodox Church of Greece. In order to achieve this, the article analyses discourses and practices of the Orthodox Church of Greece since the restoration of democracy in 1974. The main argument is that the church, as an institution, produces public discourses and adopts practices with regard to modernity, more specifically on social, political, moral and …
Young People and the Process of Secularisation in Contemporary Greek Society
During the last twenty years, a significant shift has taken place in Greek society. On the one hand, the religious context has been altered due to the arrival of immigrants and refugees with different religious backgrounds. On the other hand, young people seem to distance themselves from religion and the Orthodox Church in various ways. With the above in mind, this article will try to answer a number of questions: Are young people in contemporary…
Lived Atheism in Contemporary Greek Society: Atheists’ Beliefs and Practices within a Greek-Orthodox Context
In the wake of the ‘New Atheism’ movement, Greek atheists began to gain visibility in the 2010s through various media channels, social media platforms, legal activism, and the establishment of the Atheist Union of Greece. This article presents findings from qualitative research conducted through semi-structured interviews and participant observation, exploring atheism within Greek society. A key focus of this research was to examine the religious…
Secularist Implications in the Satirical Poetry of 19th-Century Greece: The Case of Andreas Laskaratos and His Criticism of the Orthodox Christian Establishment
This article focuses on the case of Andreas Laskaratos (1811–1901), a famous satirical poet from the Ionian island of Cephalonia (Kefallinia) and a representative of the Heptanese School of Literature. Laskaratos was excommunicated from the Orthodox Church of Greece because of his criticism of the religious establishment. Apart from his other writings, a great number of his satirical poems present trenchant criticism of the Orthodox Church and it…
Muslims in Greek society and the construction of minority status: Etic, emic perspectives, and methodological reflections
Sociology (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (9 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Politics (6 works) · Social science (6 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Islam (5 works) · Law (5 works)