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Record Nr.

UNISA996247851303316

Autore

Chartier Roger <1945->

Titolo

On the edge of the cliff [[electronic resource] ] : history, language, and practices / / Roger Chartier ; translated by Lydia G. Cochrane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1997

ISBN

0-8018-5436-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 191 p. )

Collana

Parallax

Disciplina

901

Soggetti

History - Philosophy

Language and history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Collection of previously published (1983-1994) essays, articles, etc. translated from the French.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-188) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 Ariè€s.