{"title":"Nikos Papastergiadis","description":"\u003cp\u003eNikos Papastergiadis offers thoughtful explorations at the intersection of culture, identity, and society. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eJohn Berger and Me\u003c\/em\u003e, invite readers into intimate reflections and personal narratives that blend biography with critical insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDelving into themes of cosmopolitanism and global belonging, titles like \u003cem\u003eThe Cosmos in Cosmopolitanism\u003c\/em\u003e illuminate contemporary issues through a richly informed and accessible lens. These books appeal to those interested in memoir, cultural theory, and education.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"john-berger-and-me-by-nikos-papastergiadis-9781923106123","title":"John Berger and Me","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe memoir of a deep friendship between two important intellectual figures bound by their interest in art and their experience of migration.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eJohn Berger and Me\u003c\/em\u003e, the eminent Australian sociologist Nikos Papastergiadis recalls his relationship with the late English writer and art critic John Berger. His memoir is both a portrait of their friendship and an account of the work of his former mentor, one which combines Berger's abiding interest in migrants and migration, with Papastergiadis' reflections on his own family's experience of migration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBerger was a successful author and artist who lived in England before he moved to a peasant village in the Haute-Savoie. Papastergiadias' father was born in a peasant village in Greece and migrated to work in factories in Australia. The memoir covers a period of ten years in the 1990s when the younger Nikos spent many summer months with the distinguished author, living in the family house and sharing duties such as the gathering of the harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt draws on personal memories, his deep knowledge of Berger's work, which was the subject of his doctoral thesis, and anecdotes of life in the village and beyond. The intertwining of their common experiences means that the book is both a biography and an autobiography, as well as a tribute to one of the most significant cultural thinkers of recent times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46844290171116,"sku":"9781923106123","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/19472353482872.jpg?v=1758832878"},{"product_id":"the-cosmos-in-cosmopolitanism-by-nikos-papastergiadis-9781509559329","title":"The Cosmos in Cosmopolitanism","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCosmopolitanism is commonly associated today with the idea that the forces of globalisation could be tempered by new forms of cosmopolitan governance, an idea that was popular among some political theorists in the late twentieth century but seems increasingly unrealistic today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRather than discarding the idea of cosmopolitanism, Nikos Papastergiadis seeks to reinvigorate it by examining the ways in which visual artists have explored themes associated with the cosmos. Kant regarded cosmopolitanism as the goal for humanity, but he turned his attention away from the connection to the cosmos and directed it toward the practical rules for peaceful co-existence. However, these two concerns are not in conflict. Today a new vision of the cosmos is being developed by artists, among others – one that brings together the cosmos and the polis. Scholars from the South are decolonising the mindset which divided the world and split us from our common connections, while others are using art to highlight the existential threats we now face as a species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy developing a distinctive form of aesthetic cosmopolitanism, \u003cem\u003eThe Cosmos in Cosmopolitanism\u003c\/em\u003e shows that the idea of the cosmos is more important than ever today, and vital for our attempts to rethink our place as one species among others in a universe that extends far beyond our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464309850348,"sku":"9781509559329","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509559329-the-cosmos-in-cosmopolitanism.jpg?v=1775046195"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/nikos-papastergiadis.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}