Abstract
Life history reports are not, as many people think, a methodology of easy application, at least when taking into account the thought of Walter Benjamin for whom history is not a simple account of facts, but a chain of experiences that may not always be expressed without taking risks which to a great extent undermine or violate the conscience of the individual who makes the report a means of finding “redemption” (Erlösung) from experiences of the past marked by suffering. Added to this is the fact that, according to the author, with Modernity, the capacity of both counting and listening to life experiences has been lost. This paper discusses such matters and contributes to studies on identity from the perspective of critical social psychology, which uses the method of History of Life Report.
Keywords:
memory; experience; redemption; identity