Abstract

The present contribution aims to examine the motives, structures and func­tions of some of the most important narratives of the 2008 economic crisis from a distance of 10 years. It is shown that the central structures and features of the narratives of crisis victims, conspiracy theorists, discussion participants, newspaper journalists, and econo­mic and culturalist narratives can be understood as a response to a loss of legitimacy cau­sed by the lack of large meta-narratives.

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