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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Parallax (Baltimore, Md.)Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.Description: viii, 191 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0801854350 (acidfree paper)
  • 0801854369 (pbk : acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 901 20
LOC classification:
  • D16.9 .C45375 1997
Online resources:
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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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
General Books General Books CUTN Central Library History & Geography 901 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 11117

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

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

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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