Abstract
Theoretical thinking in the humanities and social sciences is often formed from opinions originating in very different starting points. As a result, there are certain recurrent theoretical problems which appear to us as antinomies, dilemmas and paradoxes.
The study of social memory shows that even in these areas there are many conflicting opinions. This article outlines ten antinomies characterised by the following terms: individual memory and collective memory, spirit and matter, saving and deleting, irrevocable and revocable history, spontaneous and purposeful memory, myth and science, rationality and irrationality, liberating and traumatic memory, connecting and dividing memory, enlightenment and incorrigibility.