Chapter 13 THE IMPROBABLE BIOGRAPHY Uncommon Sources, a Moving Identity, a Plural Story?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Biography in Modern History— Modern Historiography in Biography 1
5. Chapter 2 BIOGRAPHY AND THE HISTORIAN Opportunities and Constraints 27
6. Chapter 3 DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES Writing the Biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II 40
7. Chapter 4 GUSTAV STRESEMANN: A GERMAN BÜRGER? 51
8. Chapter 5 WOMEN’S BIOGRAPHIES—MEN’S HISTORY? 72
9. Chapter 6 HISTORIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY, AND EXPERIENCE The Case of Hans Rothfels 85
10. Chapter 7 A HISTORIAN’S LIFE IN BIOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE: JOHAN HUIZINGA 103
11. Chapter 8 THE HEROIC ECSTASY OF DRUNKEN ELEPHANTS Th e Substrate of Nature in Max Weber— A Missing Link between His Life and Work 119
12. Chapter 9 GENERATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND GENOCIDE A Biographical Approach to Nazi Perpetrators 143
13. Chapter 10 CRIMINAL BIOGRAPHIES AND BIOGRAPHIES OF CRIMINALS Understanding the History of War Crimes Trials and Perpetrator “Routes to Crime” using Biographical Method 162
14. Chapter 11 FROM HIMMLER’S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS TO THE LIONS CLUB Th e Career of a Provincial Nazi Leader 182
15. Chapter 12 CONTEXTS AND CONTRADICTIONS Writing the Biography of a Holocaust Survivor 201
16. Chapter 13 THE IMPROBABLE BIOGRAPHY Uncommon Sources, a Moving Identity, a Plural Story? 215
17. Chapter 14 STRUCTURALISM AND BIOGRAPHY Some Concluding Thoughts on the Uncertainties of a Historiographical Genre 234
18. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 251
19. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 262
20. INDEX 265