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Author Chartier, Roger, 1945-

Title On the edge of the cliff : history, language, and practices / Roger Chartier ; translated by Lydia G. Cochrane
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997

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Description viii, 191 pages ; 24 cm
Series Parallax
Parallax (Baltimore, Md.)
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
Notes Collection of previously published (1983-1994) essays, articles, etc. translated from the French
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-188) and index
Notes Collection of previously published (1983-1994) essays, articles, etc. translated from the French
Translated from the French
Subject History -- Philosophy.
Language and history.
LC no. 96018980
ISBN 0801854350 (acid-free paper)
0801854369 (paperback: acid-free paper)