Culture in the plural
By: Michel de Certeau ; edited and with an introduction by Luce Giard ; translated and with an afterword by Tom Conley.
Contributors: Giard, Luce.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Culture.; Multiculturalism.; Language and culture.; Political culture.
Description: In this translation, Michel de Certeau anticipates current debates surrounding multicultralism and social diversity, providing a prescient critique of identity politics.

De Certeau considers the idea of culture itself, unveiling the specific political and social conflicts culture is designed to conceal. He then looks at culture from several methodological and theoretical points of view, positioning his ideal of culture in the plural in opposition to an exclusivist notion of culture as "the best that has been thought and said."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-175) and index.