Ahearne Michel de Certeau

Interpretation and Its Other
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-6556-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 238 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Key Contemporary Thinkers

Since his death in 1986, Michel de Certeau's reputation as athinker has steadily grown both in France and throughout theEnglish-speaking world. His work is extraordinarily innovative andwide-ranging, cutting across issues in historiography, literary andcultural studies, anthropology, sociology, theology, philosophy andpsychoanalysis.
This book represents the first full-length study of Certeau'sthought. It is organized around the central theme of interpretationand alterity, which Ahearne uses to illuminate Certeau's work as awhole. The author also examines Certeau's theory and practice ofhistoriography; his reflection on the relations between changinghistorical forms of writing, reading and orality; and hisdistinction between the "strategic" programmes of the politicallypowerful and the "tactics" of the relatively powerless.
Ahearne places Certeau's work in its general intellectualcontext, relating it to the views of important contemporarythinkers, such as Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault, anddemonstrating the decisive importance to Certeau's thought of thewritings of the early modern mystics and travellers.
This book constitutes an excellent critical introduction toCerteau's work, while also providing a comprehensive and nuancedreading for those already familiar with his thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ahearne, Jeremy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations.
Introduction.
Part I: Implications:.
1. The Historiographical Operation.
2. Interpretation and its Archaeology.
Part II: Fables:.
3. Voices in the Text.
4. Mystics.
Part III: Strategies and Tactics:.
5. Strategic Operations.
6. Turns and Diversions.
Conclusion.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Jeremy Ahearne, University of Warwick