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Michel de Certeau | |
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Born | 17 May 1925 |
Died | 9 January 1986 (age 60) Paris, France |
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Alma mater | University of Grenoble University of Lyon École pratique des hautes études Sorbonne |
Academic work | |
Main interests | Psychoanalysis, 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]
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