16.05.2013
Anthology
Justification narratives
About the book
We encounter justification narratives as narrative justifications for individual behavior, as stories from which a general moral can be derived, or as films with a political message. They are particularly suitable for legitimizing normative orders. This is because they are widely communicable, appeal to emotions and avoid logical inconsistencies. This volume asks whether a narrative justification can have the status of an argumentative one and to what extent the use of aesthetic means is legitimate in order to justify current (dis)orders.
