The origins of modern academic autobiography: Felix Meiner's Die Wissenschaft der Gegenwart in Selbstdarstellungen, 1921-1929

Jeremy D. Popkin

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Abstract

This essay examines Felix Meiner's Die Wissenschaft der Gegenwart in Selbstdarstellungen ('Present-Day Knowledge in Self-Portraits', twenty-eight published volumes published between 1921 and 1929), particularly its two volumes of historians' autobiographies, as a paradigm through which we may understand the history of scholarly autobiography and the conditions under which academics turn to first-person writing. It also explores the cultural, political and sociological context of the volumes' publication and marketing.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)27-42
Number of pages16
JournalRethinking History
Volume13
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Keywords

  • Academic-autobiography collections
  • Felix meiner
  • Germany
  • Historians' autobiography
  • Professions

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • History

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