A brief history of biographical research in Germany

Autor(en)

Peter Alheit, Bettina Dausien

Abstrakt

The contribution gives a brief historical insight in the beginning and
the drastic change of biographical thinking particularly in the educational
sphere. Biography is a theme addressed by German educational
sciences ever since its historical beginnings in the late 18th
century. The discovery of the autonomous, educated, middle-class
subject is rooted in that interest in biography, which also shaped
the process of “biographisation” of the lower social strata a century
later. Even post-modern and post-structural criticism of the ‘subject’
towards the end of the 20th century has a lasting influence on educational
science. Understanding the historical background and the
consequences of this threefold change of ideas in the concept of
“biography” in the German tradition is the aim of this article.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Bildungswissenschaft

Externe Organisation(en)

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Journal

Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa (Auto)Biográfica

Band

3

Seiten

749-764

Anzahl der Seiten

16

ISSN

2525-426X

Publikationsdatum

12-2018

ÖFOS 2012

504015 Geschichte der Soziologie, 503001 Allgemeine Pädagogik, 503017 Geschichte der Pädagogik

Schlagwörter

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