Turn of the Screw: Narratives of History and Economy in the Greek Crisis
Turn of the Screw: Narratives of History and Economy in the Greek Crisis
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螺丝拧动：希腊危机中的历史和经济叙事
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2018
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Daniel M. Knight
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Daniel M. Knight
摘要：希腊危机已经成为过去五年来新自由主义经济崩溃的最突出的例子。在希腊各地的城镇里，人们试图接受日常生活中的巨大变化，并努力应对政治、经济、历史和文化的复杂混合，这些都为危机经历提供了信息。本文在当地历史和经济背景下，探讨了希腊中部特里卡拉镇危机叙事中反复出现的主题。叙事浓缩了历史经验，塑造了文化接近的形式，促进了多重时间性。当人们回忆起大地产时代、1941-43年的大饥荒和股市崩盘时，他们在逆境中构建了一个集体苦难和团结的领域，同时对经济制度进行了批判。历史事件为特里卡拉目前的危机经验提供了重要信息，为国家和全球问题增添了当地的细微差别。在帮助当地人理解社会经济困难的日常叙述中，可以发现三个突出的主题：饥荒、自杀和殖民。这些反复出现的主题构成了集体苦难的基础，鼓励人们在面对社会经济动荡时团结一致。在叙事中，演员从过去无缝地移动到现在，通过历史的体现提供对经济制度的批判。
Abstract: The Greek crisis has become the most eminent example of neoliberal economic meltdown over the past five years. In towns across Greece people try to come to terms with drastic changes in their everyday lives and grapple with the complex mixture of politics, economy, history and culture that informs crisis experience. This paper addresses recurring themes in crisis narratives from the town of Trikala, central Greece, within the context of local history and economy. Narratives condense historical experience, fashion forms of cultural proximity and facilitate polytemporality. As people recall the era of ciftliks (great estates), the Great Famine of 1941–43, and the stock market collapse they construct a sphere of collective suffering and solidarity based on adversity whilst simultaneously critiquing economic systems. Historical events significantly inform present crisis experience in Trikala, adding local nuances to national and global problems. Three prominent themes can be identified in daily narratives that help locals comprehend the socioeconomic hardship: famine, suicide and colonisation. These recurrent themes form the bases for collective suffering, encouraging solidarity in the face of socioeconomic turmoil. In narrative, actors move seamlessly from past to present, offering a critique of economic systems by means of historical embodiment.