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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