What's the Matter with Germany? On Fetishizations of the Euro Crisis in Germany's Public Discourse, and Their Basis in Social Processes and Relations

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ID12979447
AuthorsBernd Belina (0000-0002-9762-9328, Goethe University Frankfurt, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume6
Issue2
Pages26-37
Publication date2013-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1942-7786 • E-ISSN: 2633-674X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/194277861300600203
OpenAlexW2468287474
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited18

I use hegemonic German interpretations of the current crisis of the Euro as my point of departure to discuss why ideological interpretations of the crisis prevail in Germany. As such worldviews are rooted in social processes and relations, I discuss some that are relevant to the present conjuncture: uneven development and circuits of trade and credit/debt within the Eurozone, the history and scalar construction of the EU and the Euro, and the role of German export oriented capital. I focus on three fetishizations that structure interpretations favoring the interests of capital over those of the working classes: the fetishization of credit/debt, the fetishization of competitiveness, and the fetishization of territory

Debt · Debt crisis · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Financial crisis · German · Hegemony · Ideology · Keynesian economics · Macroeconomics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · History · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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