Review: Zdenek Konopásek (Ed.) (2000). Our Lives as Database: Doing A Sociology of Ourselves (Czech Social Transitions in Autobiographical Dialogues)

Authors

  • Carl Ratner Institute for Cultural Research and Education

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-3.4.788

Keywords:

autobiographies, narratives, agency, culture, sociology, qualitative methodology

Abstract

The book consists of autobiographical reflections by Czech sociologists on their personal histories spanning the Nazi conquest, Soviet occupation, velvet revolution and the ensuing decade. Methodological/scientific issues for comprehending subjective aspects of sociology are also discussed. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0204166

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Author Biography

Carl Ratner, Institute for Cultural Research and Education

Carl RATNER (http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/beirat/ratner-e.htm) has been developing a theoretical and methodological approach to cultural psychology for several decades. He has published Cultural Psychology and Qualitative Methodology: Theoretical & Empirical Considerations (Plenum, 1997) and Cultural Psychology: Theory & Method (Plenum, 2002). RATNER currently gives workshops on qualitative methodology especially in relation to cultural psychology. His articles can be read on his web site: http://www.humboldt1.com/~cr2.

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Published

2002-11-30

How to Cite

Ratner, C. (2002). Review: Zdenek Konopásek (Ed.) (2000). Our Lives as Database: Doing A Sociology of Ourselves (Czech Social Transitions in Autobiographical Dialogues). Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 3(4). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-3.4.788

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 4 (2002): Special Issue: FQS Reviews II

Section

Methodology and Methods

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Copyright (c) 2002 Carl Ratner

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