On the edge of the cliff : history, language, and practices / Roger Chartier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chartier, Roger, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 191 pages)

Other Title:

On the edge of the cliff

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.

Summary:

A collection of 11 essays that originally appeared between 1986 and 1994, addressing the study of the forms, uses, and effects of print culture in the societies of the modern age, from the 16th century to the 18th, particularly ancien regime France. Examines the work of theorists including Michel Foucault, Michel de Certeau, and Norbert Elias. Subjects include the origins of the French Revolution, the powers and limitations of representation, and self-consciousness and the social bond. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Contents:

History between narrative and knowledge

Four questions for Hayden White

Michel de Certeau : history, or knowledge of the other

The chimera of the origin : archaeology of knowledge, cultural history, and the French Revolution

Discourses and practices : on the origins of the French Revolution

Texts, forms, and interpretations

The powers and limits of representation

Self-consciousness and the social bond

The double bind and detachment

Sports, or the controlled decontrolling of emotions

Epilogue : friendship with history : Philippe Ariès.

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