Diaspora of the City Stories of Cosmopolitanism from Istanbul and Athens 1st Edition by İlay Romain Örs 1137554864 9781137554864

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ISBN-10 :  1137554864 

ISBN-13 :  9781137554864

Author: İlay Romain Örs 

As the former capital of two great empires—Eastern Roman and Ottoman—Istanbul has been home to many diverse populations, a condition often glossed as cosmopolitanism. The Greek-speaking Christian Orthodox community (Rum Polites) is among the oldest in the urban society, yet their leading status during the centuries of imperial cosmopolitanism has faded. They have even been brought to the brink of disappearance in their home city. Scattered around the world as a result of the homogenizing tendencies of nationalism, the Rum Polites in the diaspora of Istanbul (“the City” or Poli) continue to identify with its cosmopolitan legacy, as vividly shown through their everyday practices of distinction and cultural memory. By exploring the shifting meaning of cosmopolitanism in spatial and temporal contexts, Diaspora of the City examines how experiences of forced displacement can highlight changing conceptualizations of what constitutes a local, diasporic, minority, or migrantcommunity in different multicultural urban settings, past and present.

Diaspora of the City: Stories of Cosmopolitanism from Istanbul and Athens 1st Table of contents:

1. Introduction: Basics and Beginnings
2. Cosmopolitan Knowledge: Impressions from Everyday Life in Athens
3. Exclusive Diversity and the Ambiguity of Being Out of Place
4. Resolutionary Recollections: Event, Memory, and Sharing the Suffering
5. Capital of Memory: Cosmopolitanist Nostalgia in Istanbul

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