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Financial engineering, not economic photography : popular discourses of finance and the layered performances of the sub-prime crisis
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Clarke, Chris (2012) Financial engineering, not economic photography : popular discourses of finance and the layered performances of the sub-prime crisis. Journal of Cultural Economy, Volume 5 (Number 3). pp. 261-278. doi:10.1080/17530350.2012.674964
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17530350.2012.674964
Abstract
In recent years, significant studies of finance have explored, on the one hand, the ways in which a specific financial theory might act as a ‘performative utterance’ which through its use makes itself true and, on the other hand, the ways in which discourses and practices of finance might act as continuous performatives that constitute key categories of finance and the financial subject. On first glance, the idea of self-actualising financial theory might seem closer to J. L. Austin's original conception of the performative utterance. However, in this article, I argue for the need to reclaim the Austinian heritage for the broader and more generic understanding of performative finance as well. In this sense, I suggest, a return to Austin reveals the importance of maintaining a focus not only on the potential performance of financial theory, but also those discourses and practices of finance that make up the deeper layers of performativity. I use questions about the role of financial engineering in the sub-prime crisis to illustrate that it is only through a conception of performative finance as self-actualising theories and as discourses and practices that the often obscured layers of financial engineering in society can be fully understood.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Cultural Economy | ||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
| ISSN: | 1753-0350 | ||||
| Official Date: | August 2012 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 5 | ||||
| Number: | Number 3 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 261-278 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/17530350.2012.674964 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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