Citizens of Nowhere
How Europe Can Be Saved from Itself
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Civics, Democracy
| Author: | Lorenzo Marsili, Niccolò Milanese, Yanis Varoufakis | ISBN: | 9781786993724 |
| Publisher: | Zed Books | Publication: | May 15, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Zed Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lorenzo Marsili, Niccolò Milanese, Yanis Varoufakis |
| ISBN: | 9781786993724 |
| Publisher: | Zed Books |
| Publication: | May 15, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Zed Books |
| Language: | English |
Europe might appear like a continent pulling itself apart. Ten years of economic and political crises have pitted North versus South, East versus West, citizens versus institutions. And yet, these years have also shown a hidden vitality of Europeans acting across borders, with civil society and social movements showing that alternatives to the status quo already exist.
This book is at once a narrative of the experience of activism and a manifesto for change. Through analysing the ways in which neoliberalism, nationalism and borders intertwine, Marsili and Milanese – co-founders of European Alternatives – argue that we are in the middle of a great global transformation, by which we have all become citizens of nowhere. Ultimately, they argue that only by organising in a new transnational political party will the citizens of nowhere be able to struggle effectively for the utopian agency to transform the world.
Europe might appear like a continent pulling itself apart. Ten years of economic and political crises have pitted North versus South, East versus West, citizens versus institutions. And yet, these years have also shown a hidden vitality of Europeans acting across borders, with civil society and social movements showing that alternatives to the status quo already exist.
This book is at once a narrative of the experience of activism and a manifesto for change. Through analysing the ways in which neoliberalism, nationalism and borders intertwine, Marsili and Milanese – co-founders of European Alternatives – argue that we are in the middle of a great global transformation, by which we have all become citizens of nowhere. Ultimately, they argue that only by organising in a new transnational political party will the citizens of nowhere be able to struggle effectively for the utopian agency to transform the world.
