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01 Jan 2000
TL;DR: De Certeau as discussed by the authors described the Indian Long March as a "symbolic revolution" and the "world of the Vowel" as a way of "making people believe".
Abstract: Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. (Graham Ward). Part I Other Times: Historiography. 1 Introduction: Michael de Certeau on Histography. 2 Writings and Histories. 3 History: Science and Fiction. Part II Other Cities: Cultural Politics. 4 Introduction. (Tom Conley). 5 A Symbolic Revolution. 6 The Social Architecture of Knowledge. 7 The Indian Long March. Part III Other People: Ethnorgraphy and Social Practice. 8 Introduction. (Ian Buchannan). 9. Walking in the City. 10. Believing and Making People Believe. 11. Ethno-Graphy, Speech, or the space of the Other. (Jean de Lery). Part IV Other Languages: Speech and Writing. 12. Introduction. (Jeremy Ahearne). 13. The Scriptural Economy. 14. The World of the Vowel. 15. Mystic Speech. Part V Other Beliefs: Theology. 16. Introduction: Michel de Certeau, Theologst. (Frederick Bauerschmidt). 17. The Weakness of Believing. From the Body to Writing a Christian Transit. Select Bibliography. Index.
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01 Jan 2000
TL;DR: The story of the possession at Loudun as discussed by the authors has inspired many artistic retellings, including a novel by Aldous Huxley and in incendiary film by Ken Russell, and has been analyzed by the renowned Jesuit historian Michel de Certeau.
Abstract: It is August 18, 1634. Father Urbain Grandier, convicted of sorcery that led to the demonic possession of the Ursuline nuns of provincial Loudun in France, confesses his sins on the porch of the church of Saint-Pierre, then perishes in flames lit by his own exorcists. A dramatic tale that has inspired many artistic retellings, including a novel by Aldous Huxley and in incendiary film by Ken Russell, the story of the possession at Loudun here receives a compelling analysis from the renowned Jesuit historian Michel de Certeau. Interweaving substantial excerpts from primary historical documents with fascinating commentary, de Certeau shows how the plague of sorceries and possessions in France that climaxed in the events at Loudun both revealed the deepest fears of a society in traumatic flux and accelerated its transformation. In this tour de force of psychological history, de Certeau brings to vivid life a people torn between the decline of centralized religious authority and the rise of science and reason, wracked by violent anxiety over what or whom to believe.
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