1. 1. This text is a translation by Ruth Keeling of a German version that was published inHistorische Anthropologie11:1 (2003), 1-20, and is published here with the permission ofHistorische Anthropologie.An earlier version of this text also appeared in Dutch (inFeit & Fictie5:1 [2000], 67-85). This article was written during my time as research assistant for the Fund for Academic Research-Flanders (Belgium) at Leuven University (K. U. Leuven) Thanks are owed to Jo Tollebeek and Koenraad Geldof for their supervision of the research that was the basis for this article. I am also very grateful to Jeremy Ahearne, Peter Burke, Nick Dew, Luce Giard, Ruth Keeling, and Alison Martin as well as the editors ofHistory & Theoryfor their suggestions and corrections of this version of the article.
2. Les trois héritages de michel de certeau un projet éclaté d'analyse de la modernité