Drowning the Greek economy: Injurious speech and sovereign debt

Drawing on Judith Butler's concept of injurious speech, this article conceptualises the ‘Grexit’ crisis as a series of performances. More specifically, we investigate how the Greek government framed the bailout plans tabled by the Troika as a form of torture. By adopting phrases such as ‘fiscal...

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Main Authors: Faye Donnelly, William Vlcek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2017-01-01
Series:Finance and Society
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S205959990000039X/type/journal_article