Chinese History: 500 Interesting Facts About China

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 brilliantly on an immense theoretical literature in analytic philosophy, linguistics, sociology, semiology, and anthropology--to speak of an apposite use of imaginative literature. 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. A Very Ordinary Culture -- Theories Of The Art Of Practice -- Spatial Practices -- Uses Of Language -- Ways Of Believing. Michel De Certeau ; Translated By Steven Rendall. Translation Of: Arts De Faire, Which Was V. 1 Of L'invention Du Quotidien. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 205-229). Contents......Page 8 Preface to the English Translation......Page 10 General Introduction......Page 12 1. A Common Place: Ordinary Language......Page 26 2. Popular Cultures: Ordinary Language......Page 40 3. "Making Do": Uses and Tactics......Page 54 Part II: Theories of the Art of Practice......Page 68 4. Foucault and Bourdieu......Page 70 5. The Arts of Theory......Page 86 6. Story Time......Page 102 7. Walking in the City......Page 116 8. Railway Navigation and Incarceration......Page 136 9. Spatial Stories......Page 140 10. The Scriptural Economy......Page 156 11. Quotations of Voices......Page 179 12. Reading as Poaching......Page 190 13. Believing and Making People Believe......Page 202 14. The Unnamable......Page 215 Indeterminate......Page 224 Notes......Page 230 THE EROSION AND DENIGRATION of the singular or the extraordinary was announced by The Man Without Qualities: "Perhaps it is precisely the petit-bourgeois who has the presentiment of the dawn of a new heroism, a heroism both enormous and collective, on the model of ants." By exploring the public meanings of ingeniously defended private meanings the author describes the range of tactics available to the ordinary person for reclaiming his or her autonomy from the competing and all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics and culture