(Auto)biographies as Data for the History of Sociology

Jennifer Platt

pp. 1-10

in: Stephan Moebius, Andrea Ploder (eds), Handbuch Geschichte der Deutschsprachigen Soziologie 2, Berlin, Springer, 2018

Abstract

Examples drawn from biographies, autobiographies, and collections of autobiographical chapters are used to explore forms and functions of historical work, and consider some of the intellectual strategies that can be employed and practical problems that may be encountered.