Iphi, an unemployed actor in austerity-ridden Greece, imagines a theatre adaptation of a classic tragedy, Iphigenia at Aulis, in which the heroine is sacrificed on the altar of austerity by politicians. While writing her play-script, Iphi has a dream: she is taken to the sacrificial altar, not by politicians, but by her own parents, the generation who lived through the affluent years before austerity. Iphi’s generational-analogical thinking introduces a politically inspiring historicity, which offers insights into the accountability of austerity. It also allows us to reassess the notion of generations as a local category and an anthropological analytical construct. The article indicates the emergence of an as yet not fully articulated generational awareness—a new structure of feeling—about austerity, which is outlined here as it develops in an incipient form. I argue that the emerging generational historicity communicates a critical message, but also hides from view less visible inequalities.

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伊菲革涅亚的牺牲：作为紧缩时期情感结构的代际历史性

伊菲（Iphi）是希腊紧缩政策中的一名失业演员，他想象了一部改编自经典悲剧《奥利斯的伊菲革涅亚》（Iphigenia at Aulis）的戏剧，其中女主人公被政客们在紧缩的祭坛上献祭。在编写剧本时，伊菲有一个梦想：她被带到祭坛上，不是被政客，而是被她自己的父母，即在紧缩前度过了富裕岁月的一代。Iphi 的世代类比思想引入了一种鼓舞人心的政治历史性，它提供了对紧缩责任的洞察。它还使我们能够重新评估世代作为地方类别和人类学分析结构的概念。这篇文章表明，出现了一种尚未完全阐明的关于紧缩的代际意识——一种新的感觉结构，这里概述了它以初期形式发展。我认为，新出现的世代历史传达了一个关键信息，但也隐藏了不太明显的不平等。