In his book, L'etranger ou l'union dans la difference, the French Jesuit historian Michel de Certeau (1921-1986) wrote, When we confess our incapacity to know others, we confess simultaneously their…

In this translation of La Culture au Pluriel, de Certeau anticipates current debates surrounding multiculturalism and social diversity, providing a critique of identity politics.

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…

Interweaving substantial excerpts from primary historical documents with commentary, this text shows how the plague of sorceries and possessions in France that climaxed in the events at Loudun both revealed…