On the principles of a autobiographical memory: Self-analysis of one sociologist

Abstract

Here are three main tasks of this article: (1) It should be showed the process of autobiographical memory as a combination of memories of experiences, reconstructive imaginations and expectations, (2) present the principles of selfreflection and counter-memory and (3) take own professional biography as empirical material. Here will the self-analysis rely on (a) the primary memorized documentary biographical data of the writer which are not autobiographical reconstructed, (b) the secondary class data retained in memory whose critical assessment requires not only distance but also self-reflection.