Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 872 g
Biography and the Search for Understanding
Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 872 g
ISBN: 978-0-415-94294-2
Verlag: CRC Press
This book meditates on the nature of biography and the way biographers habitually explain their subjects' loves by reference to psychology, ancestry, childhood experience, social relations, the body, or illness.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Preface Chapter 1. Lives without Theory Chapter 2. Biography and Explanation Chapter 3. Ancestors Chapter 4. Primal Scenes Chapter 5. Body Matters Chapter 6. The Sociological Imagination Chapter 7. History, Chance, and Self-determination Chapter 8. Compatibility, Sartre and Long Biographies Chapter 9. 'Dignity and Uses of Biography' Notes Index




