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For a social scientist – an affiliation by which, as a social psychologist, I set great store – to write an autobiography is to attempt two inseparable things: on the one hand presenting oneself and on the other hand communicating with others. Even though I emphasize these two aspects as one and the same activity, I am referring to two research fields of language and social psychology. Before I write down what I remember about my development or personal history, I want to make sure which track I am picking up or, less metaphorically, what kind of text I am to produce. You do not just sit down and write about your life or yourself out of the blue. As a rule, you either feel that the course of your life, mainly your career, is interesting enough or even exemplary for others, or else you believe that members of your scientific community are convinced that your vita is essential information beyond your publications.
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(a) Selected Publications by C. F. Graumann
Graumann, C. F. (1952, 1955). Die Kriterien des Einfallserleben Eine theoretische und experimentelle Analyse. (Criteria of Aha-experience) Dissertation, Cologne University.
Graumann, C. F. (1960). Grundlagen einer Phänomenologie und Psychologie der Perspektivität (Foundations of a phenomenology and psychology of perspectivity). Berlin: de Gruyter.
Graumann, C. F. (1960). Eigenschaften als Problem der Persönlichkeitsforschung. (Traits as problems of personality research) Persönlichkeitsforschung (Personality Research) (P. Lersch and H. Thomae, Eds.), Handbuch der Psychologie (Handbook of Psychology) (Vol. 4, pp. 87–154). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Graumann, C. F. (1960). Phänomenologische-psychologische Forschungen (Research on Phenomenology and Psychology). (C.F. Graumann with J. Linschoten, A. Métraux, Eds., since 1974), (M. Herzog, & A. Métraux, Eds., since 1994). Since 1996 Perspektiven der Humanwissenschaften. (Perspectives of humanities) Berlin: de Gruyter.
Graumann, C. F. (1972a). Interaktion und Kommunikation (Interaction and communication). In C. F. Graumann (Ed.), Sozialpsychologie. Handbuch der Psychologie (Social psychology. Handbook of psychology) (Vol. 7, pp. 1109–1262). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Graumann, C. F. (1972b). The state of psychology. International Journal of Psychology 7, 123–34 and 199–204. [In German as: Zur Lage der Psychologie. Kongr. DGPs, 27, 19–37. Göttingen: Hogrefe].
Graumann, C. F. (1974). Psychology and the world of things. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 4, 389–404.
Graumann, C. F. (1975). Die ökologische Fragestellung 50 Jahre nach Hellpachs. Psychologie der Umwelt (The question of ecology 50 years after Hellpach’s psychology of the environment) 29, (Kongr. DGPs), 267–269. Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Graumann, C. F. (1978), (Ed.) Ökologische Perspektiven in der Psychologie. (Ecological perspectives in psychology) Bern: Huber.
Graumann, C. F. (1979). Die Scheu des Psychologen vor der Interaktion – Ein Schisma und seine Geschichte. (Psychologist’s fear of interaction – A split and its historical roots). Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie 10, 284–304.
Graumann, C. F. (1983). Theorie und Geschichte (Theory and history). 33. Kongr. DGPs, 64–75. Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Graumann, C. F. (1984). Bewusstsein und Verhalten. Gedanken zu Sprachspielen der Psychologie. (Mental states and behavior. Reflections on language games in psychology). In H. Lenk (Ed.), Handlungstheorien interdisziplinär. (Interdisciplinary approaches to theories of action) III (pp. 547–573). München: Fink.
Graumann, C. F., & Herrmann, T. (Eds.) (1984). Karl Bühlers Axiomatik (The axiomatic of Karl Bühler). Frankfurt/M.: Klostermann.
Graumann, C. F. (Ed.) (1985). Psychologie im Nationalsozialismus (Psychology in Nazi Germany). Berlin: Springer.
Graumann, C. F., & Moscovici, S. (Eds.) (1986). Changing conceptions of crowdmind, and behavior. New York: Springer.
Graumann, C. F., & Moscovici, S. (Eds.) (1986). Changing conceptions of leadership. New York: Springer.
Graumann, C. F., & Moscovici, S. (Eds.) (1987). Changing conceptions of conspiracy. New York: Springer.
Graumann, C. F. (1988). Der Kognitivismus in der Sozialpsychologie (Cognitivism in social psychology). Psychologische Rundschau, 39, 83–90.
Graumann, C. F., Herrmann, T. (Eds.) (1989). Speakers: the role of the listener. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Graumann, C. F. (1989). Perspective setting and taking in verbal interaction. In R. Dietrich & C. F. Graumann, (Eds.), Language processing in social context (pp. 95–122). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Graumann, C. F., & Wintermantel, M. (1989). Discriminatory speech acts. In Bar-Tal, et al., (Eds.), Stereotyping and prejudice (pp. 183–204). New York: Springer.
Graumann, C. F. (1990a). Perspectival structure and dynamics in dialogues. In I. Markovà & K. Foppa, Eds.), The dynamics of dialogue (pp. 105–126). New York: Harvester-Wheatsheaf.
Graumann, C. F. (1992). Speaking and understanding from viewpoints. Studies in perspectivity. In G. Semin & K. Fiedler (Eds.), Language interaction and social cognition (pp. 237–255). London: Sage.
Graumann, C. F. (1993). Mythenbildung in der Psychologiegeschichte. (The creation of myths in the history of psychology). Zeitschrift für politische Psychologie 1, 5–16.
Graumann, C. F., & Kruse, L. (1993). Place identity and the physical structure of the city. In M. Bonnes (Ed.), Perception and evaluation of urban environment quality (pp. 155–163). Rome: UNESCO MAB 11.
Graumann, C. F. (1994). A phenomenological approach to social research: the perspective of the other. In I. Borg & P. Mohler (Eds.), Trends and perspectives in empirical social research (pp. 282–293). Berlin: de Gruyter.
Graumann, C. F. (1995). Discriminatory discourse. Patterns of Prejudice, 29, 69–83.
Graumann, C. F., & Kruse, L. (1995). Der Lebensraum. Die Mehrdeutigkeit seiner wissenschaftlichen Konstruktion (Life space: The ambiguity of its scientific construction.). In A. Kruse & R. Schmitz-Scherzer (Eds.), Psychologie der Lebensalter (Psychology of the life cycle) (pp. 45–52). Darmstadt: Steinkopf.
Graumann, C. F. (1996). Mutual perspective-taking: a presupposition of enlightened tolerance. Higher Education in Europe 21, 39–49.
Graumann, C. F., & Gergen, K. (Eds.) (1996). Historical dimensions of psychological discourse. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Graumann, C. F. (1997). Psychology in postwar Germany: the vicissitudes of internationalization. World Psychology 3, 253–77.
Graumann, C. F. (1997). Zur Ökologie des Gedächtnisses (On the ecology of memory.). In G. Lüer & U. Lass (Ed.), Erinnern und Behalten - Wege zur Erforschung des menschlichen Gedächtnisses (Remembering and retaining: Trends in research on human memory) Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen) (pp. 269–286). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Graumann, C. F., & Kruse, L. (1998). Children’s environments: The phenomenological approach. In D. Görlitz, H.J. Harloff, G. Mey, & J. Valsiner (Eds.), Children, cities, and psychological theories: Developing relationships (pp. 341–353). Berlin: de Gruyter.
Graumann, C. F. (1999). Continuities, ruptures, and options: construing the history of psychology in Germany. In W. Maiers, B. Baier, B. Duarte-Esgalhado, R. Jorna, & E. Schraube (Eds.), Challenges of theoretical psychology (pp. 1–18). Toronto: Captus University Publications.
Graumann, C. F. (2000). Kontext als Problem der Psychologie (Context as a problem of psychology) Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 208, 55–71.
Graumann, C. F. (2002a). In C. F. Graumann & W. Kallmeyer, Eds., Perspective and perspectivation in discourse. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
Graumann, C. F. (2002b). The phenomenological approach to people-environment studies. In R. B. Bechtel and A. Churchman (Eds.), Handbook of environmental psychology (pp. 95–113). New York Wiley.
Graumann, C. F. (2002c). Zwischen den Disziplinen. Dilemma und Chancen der Umweltpsychologie. (Between disciplines: The dilemma and chances of environmental psychology). Unweltpsychologie, 6 (1),154–161.
Graumann, C. F., & Kruse, L. (2003). Räumliche Umwelt. Die ökologische Perspektive in der Psychologie (The spatial environment. The ecological perspective in psychology). In P. Meusburger & T. Schwan (Eds.), Humanökologie. Ansätze zur Überwindung der Natur-Kultur-Dichotomie (Approaches of human ecology to bridge the nature-culture dichotomy) (pp. 239–256). Stuttgart: Steiner.
Graumann, C. F., & Kruse, L. (2004). Natur als menschliche (Nature as human nature). In G. Jüttemann (Ed.), Psychologie als Humanwissenschaft. (Psychology as a human science) Ein Handbuch (pp. 11–31). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Graumann, C. F., & Guski-Leinwand, S. (2004). Die Psychologie, ihre Gesellschaft und ihre Öffentlichkeiten (Psychology: its society and its public). Psychologische Rundschau, 55 (Suppl. 1), 62–71.
Graumann, C. F. (2004). In H. Lueck (Ed.), Psychologie in Selbstdarstellungen (Psychology in self presentations) (Bd 4, pp. 102–1123). Lengerich: Pabst.
Graumann, C. F. (2005). “100 Jahre” Geschichte der Umweltpsychologie (100 Years: The history of environmental psychology.) In T. Rammsayer & S. Troche, (Eds.), Reflexionen der Psychologie. 100 Jahre Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Psychologie (Refelctions on psychology. 100 years of the German Society for Psychology) Bericht über den 44. Kongress der Derutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (A report on the 44th Congress of the German Society for Psychology) (pp. 111–118). Goettingen: Hogrefe.
Graumann, C. F. (2007). Lewin zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts. (Lewin at the start of the 21st century) In W. Schoenpflug (Ed.), Kurt Lewin - Person, Werk, Umfeld. Historische Rekonstruktionen und aktuelle Wertungen aus Anlass des hundersten Geburtstags (Kurt Lewin – personality, works, and context. Historical reconstructions and contemporary assessments on the occasion of his 100th birthday) (2nd revised and extended edition, pp. 283–297). Frankfurt/Main: Lang.
Graumann, C.F. & Kruse, L. (2008). Umweltpsychologie: Ort, Gegenstand, Herkünfte, Trends. (Environmental psychology: present status, origins, and trends). In E.D. Lantermann & V. Linneweber (Eds.), Enzyklopädie der Psychologie. Umweltpsychologie (Vol. 1): Grundlagen, Paradigmen und Methoden der Unweltpsychologie. (Encyclopedia of psychology. Environmental psychology. Foundations, paradigms and methods of environmental psychology) (pp. 3–65). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Graumann, C. F. & Kruse, L., Umwelten: Psychologie der Mensch-Umwelt-Wechselwirkung. (Environments: Psychology of the interaction of humans and environment). Weinheim: Beltz (in press).
Kruse, L., Graumann, C. F., & Lantermann, E. D. (Eds.) (1990b). Ökologische Psychologie. Ein Handbuch in Schlüsselbegriffen. (Ecological psychology: A handbook of key terms.) München: Psychologie Verlags Union.
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Thomae, H. (1954). Beobachtung und Beurteilung von Kindern und Jugendlichen (The observation and evaluation of children and adolescents) (11th ed., 1973). Basel: Karger.
Weimer, D., & Galliker, M. (Eds.). (2003). Sprachliche Kommunikation. Festschrift zum 80.Geburtstag von C. F. Graumann. (Verbal communication. Festschrift for Carl Graumann’s 80th birthday) Heidelberg: Asanger.
Weingart, P. (2005). Die Wissenschaft der Öffentlichkeit. Essays zum Verhältnis von Wissenschaft, Medien und Öffentlichkeit. (The science of the general public. Essays on the relationsship between science, the media, and the public) Weilerswist: Welbrueck Wissenschaft.
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Carl Graumann was born on March 31st, 1923 in Cologne and died on August 8th, 2007 in Lobbach (Heidelberg).
The editor acknowledges the Pabst Verlag (Lengerich, Germany) for permission to use the German text of Carl Graumann’s autobiography (2004) as a basis for the expanded and translated version published here.
The editor is grateful to Dr. Lenelis Kruse for completing her husband’s text, making available a reference list of his publications, and reading of the English translation.
Carl Graumann’s final manuscript was translated from the German by Professor Raleigh Whitinger, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada.
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Graumann, C.F. (2009). Psychology in Self-Presentations. In: Mos, L. (eds) History of Psychology in Autobiography. Path in Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88499-8_5
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