A metabiography of Alexander von Humboldt
- The author's recently published monograph on Alexander von Humboldt[1] describes the multiple images of this great cultural icon. The book is a metabiographical study that shows how from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present day Humboldt has served as a nucleus of crystallisation for a variety of successive socio-political ideologies, each producing its own distinctive representation of him. The historiographical implications of this biographical diversity are profound and support current attempts to understand historical scholarship in terms of memory cultures.
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| Author details: | Nicolaas A. RupkeGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-35438 |
| ISSN: | 1617-5239 |
| ISSN: | 2568-3543 |
| Publisher: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
| Place of publishing: | Potsdam |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Publication year: | 2006 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Publishing institution: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2009/09/10 |
| Tag: | Metabiography |
| Volume: | VII |
| Issue: | 12 |
| Number of pages: | 4 |
| First page: | 69 |
| Last Page: | 72 |
| Source: | HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz, VII (2006) 12 |
| RVK - Regensburg classification: | GK 4953, NU 5089, WB 3187, RT 10026, RB 10032 |
| Organizational units: | Philosophische Fakultät / Institut für Romanistik |
| DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 50 Naturwissenschaften / 509 Histor., geogr., personenbezogene Behandlung |
| 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 91 Geografie, Reisen / 911 Historische Geografie | |
| Collection(s): | Universität Potsdam / Zeitschriften / HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies, ISSN 1617-5239 / HiN VII, 12 (2006) |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
| License (German): |  CC-BY-NC - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell 4.0 International |
| External remark: | The original publication is available at https://doi.org/10.18443/74 |
