Certeau, Michel de

The practice of everyday life by Michel de Certeau ( Book )
86 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in 8 languages and held by 1,187 libraries worldwide
Michel de Certeau considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. In exploring the public meaning of ingeniously defended private meanings, de Certeau draws on an immense theoretical literature in analytic philosophy, linguistics, sociology, semiology, and anthropology--to speak of an apposite use of imaginative literature.

The writing of history by Michel de Certeau ( Book )
39 editions published between 1975 and 2007 in 6 languages and held by 926 libraries worldwide
A leading intellectual member of France's Freudian school, Michel de Certeau combined principles from the disciplines of religion, history, and psychoanalysis in order to redefine historiography and rethink the categories of history. In The Writing of History, de Certeau examines the West's changing conceptions of the very role and nature of history itself, from the seventeenth-century attempts to formulate a "history of man" to Freud's Moses and Monotheism with which de Certeau interprets historical practice as a function of mankind's feelings of loss, mourning, and absence. Exhaustively researched and stunningly innovative, The Writing of History is a crucial introduction to de Certeau's work and is destined to become a classic of modern thought.

The mystic fable by Michel de Certeau ( Book )
29 editions published between 1982 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 558 libraries worldwide

Heterologies : discourse on the other by Michel de Certeau ( Book )
17 editions published between 1985 and 2006 in English and held by 530 libraries worldwide

Culture in the plural by Michel de Certeau ( Book )
32 editions published between 1974 and 2002 in 4 languages and held by 524 libraries worldwide
"In this translation, Michel de Certeau anticipates current debates surrounding multicultralism and social diversity, providing a prescient critique of identity politics." "De Certeau considers the idea of culture itself, unveiling the specific political and social conflicts culture is designed to conceal. He then looks at culture from several methodological and theoretical points of view, positioning his ideal of culture in the plural in opposition to an exclusivist notion of culture as "the best that has been thought and said.""--BOOK JACKET.

The possession at Loudun by Michel de Certeau ( Book )
13 editions published between 1970 and 2005 in French and English and held by 514 libraries worldwide
Retrace les événements qui virent, à partir de 1632, la ville de Loudun, dans la Vienne, ravagée par la peste puis par la possession : les membres de la communauté des Ursulines, claquemurées pour se protéger, commencent à voir, dans la nuit du 21 septembre, un fantôme qui prend peu à peu la forme du curé Urbain Grandier. Celui-ci finira sur un bûcher le 18 août 1634.

Une politique de la langue : la Révolution française et les patois : l'enquête de Grégoire by Michel de Certeau ( Book )
18 editions published between 1975 and 2002 in French and Undetermined and held by 365 libraries worldwide
L'abbé Grégoire, après 1789, a établi une enquête sur les patois en France. Le corpus des réponses, dont de larges extraits sont présentés ici, a fait l'objet d'une lecture à plusieurs voix. M. de Certeau, D. Julia et J. Revel ont tenté d'établir comment une langue nationale peut naître, en mettant à l'épreuve la cohérence historique de ce corpus de témoignages.

The capture of speech and other political writings by Michel de Certeau ( Book )
12 editions published between 1994 and 1998 in 4 languages and held by 360 libraries worldwide
In this foundational exploration of political expression and participation, de Certeau examines who has the right to speak, how this right is acquired, and what happens when this right is denied or inhibited. He emphasizes that all too often free speech is upheld in the abstract while social institutions work in such a way to deny access to effective communication.

Michel de Certeau : interpretation and its other by Jeremy Ahearne ( Book )
5 editions published between 1995 and 2005 in English and held by 304 libraries worldwide

The Certeau reader by Michel de Certeau ( Book )
4 editions published between 2000 and 2004 in English and held by 302 libraries worldwide