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Έλληνες στο Λονδίνο - cover
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Έλληνες στο Λονδίνο

Νίκος Καραθάνος

Editora: AKAKIA Publications

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2η επαυξημένη και διορθωμένη Έκδοση!

Το βιβλίο αυτό καταγράφει και αναλύει τις πολιτισμικές και επιστημονικές δραστηριότητες της ελληνικής κοινότητας του Λονδίνου, μιας κοινότητας που αποτελείται από χιλιάδες έλληνες φοιτητές και επιστήμονες, καθώς και από σημαντικούς επιχειρηματίες και επαγγελματίες. Με γλαφυρό και απλό τρόπο ο συγγραφέας μάς δίνει μια γενική εικόνα των πολυάριθμων οργανώσεων, που παρά τους πενιχρούς πόρους, κατόρθωσαν την περίοδο 1974-2004 να ενεργοποιήσουν τους Έλληνες του Λονδίνου και να τους εντάξουν στον δημόσιο χώρο μέσω ποικίλων δραστηριοτήτων - από διαλέξεις και συνέδρια μέχρι εκθέσεις τέχνης και συνεχείς προσπάθειες διασύνδεσης της ελληνικής διασποράς του Λονδίνου με το εθνικό κέντρο. Ιδίως κατά τις δεκαετίες του 1970 και του 1980, δηλαδή όταν το μεταπολιτευτικό κλίμα του ενθουσιασμού και της ελπίδας για ριζικές μεταρρυθμίσεις στη χώρα μας ήταν κυρίαρχο, βλέπουμε ένα παρόμοιο κλίμα να διαμορφώνεται και στην Αγγλία και κυρίως στο Λονδίνο.

Ο Νίκανδρος Μπούρας επικεντρώνει τις μαρτυρίες του σε δράσεις στις οποίες είχε ενεργή συμμετοχή. Παρ’ όλα αυτά, ως ενεργό μέλος της κοινότητας εξετάζει τις πολύπλοκες διασυνδέσεις με άλλες δραστηριότητες, καθώς και με τρέχοντα γεγονότα στον ελληνικό χώρο. Κατορθώνει έτσι να δώσει μια σφαιρική εικόνα τού τι συνέβαινε στην ελληνική κοινότητα του Λονδίνου, μια κοινότητα ανοιχτή τόσο στην πολυπολιτισμικότητα της βρετανικής κοινωνίας, όσο και στις εξελίξεις στην μεταπολιτευτική Ελλάδα. Το βιβλίο, είναι γραμμένο με συστηματικό και καλά αρθρωμένο τρόπο και προφανώς δεν αφορά μόνο όσους Έλληνες έζησαν στο Λονδίνο αυτή την περίοδο. Αποτελεί αξιόλογη προσθήκη σε όσα έχουν γραφτεί κατά καιρούς για την ελληνική διασπορά, η οποία ως γνωστόν, έχει συμβάλει με διάφορους τρόπους και σε διάφορες εποχές, στη διαμόρφωση της νεοελληνικής κοινωνίας.
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