A Clan-Based Society of South Greece and its Militarization After the Second World War
Some Characteristics of Violence and the Construction of Habitus in the South Peloponnese
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2156003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ioannis Karakatsianis (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 121-138 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-7206 • E-ISSN: 1477-2612 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02757201003793713 |
| OpenAlex | W2071053740 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
This paper presents some basic characteristics of the subculture of local society in the southern Peloponnese in Greece during the twentieth century. In particular, it examines the basic anthropological and social elements that formed the character of the members of the local society in Mani during the early part of the century, by emphasizing (i) the clan structure of the particular society, and (ii) the militarization of Mani as a strategy for mediation in local social relations. The paper then analyses the way in which these basic social characteristics were interwoven with the dynamics of the political situation during the twentieth century (the Second World War, the occupation of Greece by Italian and German forces, and the Greek Civil War) by exploring the cultural habitus of the left‐wing and the right‐wing political networks in the region. Finally, it refers to the dialectics of the dynamic relationship between a clan‐based local society and the political events of the late 1940s, by means of some observations on the local social institution of the vendetta
Civil society · Clan · Dialectic · Epistemology · Ethnography · Habitus · Mediation · Militarization · Political science · Politics · Social organization · Social science · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · African history and culture analysis · Anthropology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies · Law
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |