Living Political Biography

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The politics of biographical research, and of portraying and narrating the lives and activities of those involved in the changing political scenario in twentieth century Europe, are key themes in this book. The contributions come together around three aims. Firstly, they attempt to facilitate exchange between scholars of biographical and of twentieth century European political historical research. Secondly, the contributions aim to explore and explicate the analytical potentials and shortcomings of political biography research as applied to what is often called the idea of Europe, that is, the ideas for and creation of political organisations and institutions beyond the national framework in Europe. Thirdly, they endeavour to create a dialogical platform for revisiting the biography as a genre that takes account of the recent transnational and sociological 'turns' in international and European political history.