Michel de Certeau

Michel de Certeau
Born17 May 1925
Chambéry, Savoie, France
Died9 January 1986 (age 60)
Paris, France
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Grenoble
University of Lyon
École pratique des hautes études
Sorbonne
Academic work
Main interestsPsychoanalysis, philosophy, sociology

Michel de Certeau SJ (French: [sɛʁto]; 17 May 1925 – 9 January 1986) was a French Jesuit priest[1] and scholar whose work combined history, psychoanalysis, philosophy, and the social sciences[2] as well as hermeneutics, semiotics, ethnology, and religion.[3] He was known as a philosopher of everyday life and widely regarded as a historian who had interests ranging from travelogues of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to contemporary urban life.[2]

A multidisciplinarian, he wrote ground-breaking studies in fields as diverse as mysticism, the act of faith, cultural dynamics in contemporary society, and historiography as an intellectual practice. His impact continues unabated, with new volumes appearing regularly, and perhaps surprisingly his reputation is growing even more rapidly in English and German-speaking countries and the Mediterranean than in his native France. This strong and growing interest in academia is not matched in the public sphere; however, partly due to his being considered a "difficult" author because of his highly personal style which makes translation difficult, and partly due to the declining status of French in the world generally. Nevertheless, portions of his prolific output have been translated into a dozen languages.[3]

  1. ^ "Michel de Certeau." abART.
  2. ^ a b Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. pp. 166–167.
  3. ^ a b Frijhoff, Willem (16 March 2010). "6. Michel de Certeau (1925–1986)". In Daileader, Philip; Whalen, Philip (eds.). French Historians 1900-2000: New Historical Writing in Twentieth-Century France. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 76–92. ISBN 978-1-4443-2366-5. OCLC 1039171649.

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