Wirtschaftskrisen in soziokultureller Perspektive: Plädoyer für eine kulturalistisch erweiterte Konjunktur (geschichts)forschung

The intention of this article is to show the reintegration of economic crises into historical research of business cycles by considering socio-cultural factors like emotions, institutions, perceptions and communication. In this context different analytical - sociological, historical and economical - concepts of crises are discussed. The article argues for a better understanding of the diachronically and synchronically varying causes and modes of control of business cycles. By culturally (re)defining economic crises as a keyfactor in economic analysis this article argues for a better understanding of the diachronically and synchronically varying patterns of business cycles.