Social justice and a city: surplus capital and the remaking of Athens

Papadopoulou Korfiati, Ioanna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1731-6700 and Kallin, Hamish 2023. Social justice and a city: surplus capital and the remaking of Athens. Scottish Geographical Journal 139 (3-4) , pp. 390-396. 10.1080/14702541.2023.2238676

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Abstract

Social Justice and the City (SJTC) is an artefact that epitomises a radical shift in the history of the discipline of Geography, and more broadly in urban theory; and it is also a signpost to what followed it, a book that raises the spectre of a more fleshed out theory of urban capital circulation than it actually contains. Yet the demands of SJTC – that we reject liberal orthodoxy and try to explain the systemic forces that shape our cities; that Marx is useful; that we should see the city, and space itself, as a manifestation of surplus capital on the move; that we should dare to believe all this can be overcome – present an invitation to think about the city in a way that still feels vital. In this short piece, we try to think about SJTC in relation to a specific city to which we feel a connection (the inner-city of Athens, which is currently undergoing violent, dramatic transformation), which highlights some of the ways in which it is outdated – and many of the ways in which it is not.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
ISSN:	1470-2541
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	26 June 2024
Date of Acceptance:	17 July 2023
Last Modified:	27 Jun 2024 01:37
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/170132

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