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"On the Edge of the Cliff: History, Language and Practices (Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society)" is published by The Johns Hopkins University Press in October 21, 1996 - Baltimore, it has 288 pages and the language of the book is English.


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  • Title: ➤  On the Edge of the Cliff: History, Language and Practices (Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society)
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 288
  • Publisher: ➤  The Johns Hopkins University Press
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  • Publish Location: Baltimore

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  • Format: Hardcover
  • Weight: 15.2 ounces
  • Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches

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"On the edge of the cliff": this image, which Michel de Certeau used to describe the work of Michel Foucault, seems to me appropriate for all intellectual approaches having at their heart relations between the products of discourse and social practices.

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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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