de Certeau, Michel (1925-1986) French polymath Jesuit priest, with interests in history, linguistics, psychoanalysis and anthropology. Worked throughout Europe and both Americas. Occupied Chair of Historical Anthropology of Beliefs at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales. Considerable influence on the development of new understandings of media audiences through his book L'invention du quotidien (The Practice of Everyday Life).
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