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PHILOSOPHER

Michel de Certeau

1925 - 1986

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Michel de Certeau (French: [sɛʁto]; 17 May 1925 – 9 January 1986) was a French Jesuit priest and scholar whose work combined history, psychoanalysis, philosophy, and the social sciences as well as hermeneutics, semiotics, ethnology, and religion. He was known as a philosopher of everyday life and widely regarded as a historian who had interests ranging from travelogues of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to contemporary urban life.A multidisciplinarian, he wrote ground-breaking studies in fields as diverse as mysticism, the act of faith, cultural dynamics in contemporary society, and historiography as an intellectual practice. His impact continues unabated, with new volumes appearing regularly, and perhaps surprisingly his reputation is growing even more rapidly in English and German-speaking countries and the Mediterranean than in his native France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel de Certeau has received more than 335,361 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Michel de Certeau is the 427th most popular philosopher (down from 426th in 2019), the 1,281st most popular biography from France (down from 1,243rd in 2019) and the 61st most popular French Philosopher.

Michel de Certeau is most famous for his book "The Practice of Everyday Life". In this book, he explains how people use spaces and everyday objects in their everyday lives.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Michel de Certeau ranks 427 out of 1,081Before him are Peter Sloterdijk, Chantal Mouffe, Richard Avenarius, Franciscus Patricius, Emmanuel Mounier, and Ge Hong. After him are Étienne Gilson, Damascius, Eudemus of Rhodes, Hunayn ibn Ishaq, Adolf von Harnack, and Hans Reichenbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Michel de Certeau ranks 75Before him are Hal Holbrook, Oliver Smithies, József Bozsik, Bill Haley, Robert Rauschenberg, and Ernest Gellner. After him are Harry Harrison, Joshua Lederberg, Leo Esaki, John DeLorean, Gabriele Amorth, and Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen. Among people deceased in 1986, Michel de Certeau ranks 42Before him are Lê Duẩn, James Cagney, Robert S. Mulliken, Vincente Minnelli, Otto Preminger, and Dean Reed. After him are Erik Bruhn, Adolfo Celi, Serge Lifar, Raymond Loewy, Ye Jianying, and Coluche.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel de Certeau ranks 1,281 out of 6,011Before him are Aimé Bonpland (1773), André Michelin (1853), Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary (1158), Maurice Thorez (1900), Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (1435), and Pierre Larousse (1817). After him are Henri, Count of Paris (1908), Jean-Marc Nattier (1685), Jean-Pierre Serre (1926), Camille Jordan (1838), John III of Navarre (1477), and Étienne Gilson (1884).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Michel de Certeau ranks 61Before him are Alain de Lille (1117), Ernest Gellner (1925), Vincent of Beauvais (1190), Maine de Biran (1766), Richard Avenarius (1843), and Emmanuel Mounier (1905). After him are Étienne Gilson (1884), Michel Serres (1930), Alain de Benoist (1943), Petrus Ramus (1515), Pierre Duhem (1861), and William of Champeaux (1070).