books by Michel de Certeau (literature commodity political)

books by Michel de Certeau

books:

Beyond the Body Proper: Reading the Anthropology of Material Life (Body, Commodity, Text)

Duke University Press, 2007

Over the past several decades, scholars in both the social sciences and humanities have moved beyond the idea that there is a ?body proper?: a singular, discrete biological organism with an individual psyche. They have begun to perceive embodiment as dynamic rather than static, as experiences that vary over time and across the world as they are shaped by discourses, institutions, practices, technologies, and ideologies. What has emerged is a ...

The Practice of Everyday Life

7 reviews
Michel de Certeau

University of California Press, 2002

Enigmatic and enlightening
Sometimes I am simply proud that I have read a book. This slim volume falls into that category. The fourteen short chapters explode with new ideas, fresh perspectives, and tantalizing viewpoints. To summarize these riches is unlikely to do them justice, yet I will try. De Certeau inverts social values and cultural hierarchies. His hero metaphor is not the exemplar, but rather the ant. Wisdom ...

The Possession at Loudun

1 review
Michel de Certeau

University Of Chicago Press, 2000

Brilliant if difficult
This book is very complicated. If you're looking for a simple, straightforward account of the possessions at Loudun, read Huxley's book. If, on the other hand, you're interested in Michel de Certeau, this is definitely the place to start (as Stephen Greenblatt says in his foreword). De Certeau was one of the greatest historians of his generation, but many of his books are simply ...

Culture in the Plural
Michel De Certeau

University of Minnesota Press, 1998

From the late Michel de Certeau comes an essential engagement with multiculturalism and identity politics. De Certeau stresses that anyone attempting to understand contemporary societies in the West must grasp the already-existing diversity that outflanks elitist conceptions of the "national group". He argues compellingly that old ideas of social unity have no relevance in the diverse societies of today.

Heterologies (Theory & History of Literature)

1 review
Michel De Certeau

Manchester University Press, 1986

Diverse collection of essays from a stimulating mind
Michel de Certeau, who died in 1986, was one of France's leading intellectuals and considered by many to be one of the most brilliant and sensitive minds. A perfect example of the ideal interdisciplinary scholar, he studied and taught in the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, sociology, history, theology, and psychoanalysis. All these disciplines inform the essays of this volume. First ...

The Capture of Speech and Other Political Writings
Michel De Certeau, Luce Giard

University of Minnesota Press, 1998

Free speech may be a condition of life, but does that right mean anyone will listen? In THE CAPTURE OF SPEECH, Michel de Certeau (1925-1986) offered a fundamental reassessment of what "free speech" really means. De Certeau emphasizes that all too often free speech is upheld in the abstract while social institutions work in such a way as to deny access to truly effective communication.

The Writing of History

2 reviews
Michel de Certeau

Columbia University Press, 1992

Excellent for those interested in historiography and theory
Along with French intellectual giants such as Lacan, Foucault, Derrida and Levinas, stands Michel de Certeau. Despite being far less kown than these other figures of post-structuralist thought, it has been said that his thought and range of interests exceeded all of them (He studied and taught history, anthropology, sociology, psychoanalysis, theology, literature and French). He deserves to be ...