Abstract
Abstract In this article I read Michel de Certeau's (1986) Heterologies and (1988) The Writing of History alongside other poststructuralist critics of history such as Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, Dominick LaCapra and Hayden White. I indicate what I see as the distinctive features of his theory of history as an operation, including the proposal that history be reconceptualised as a heterology of science and fiction uniquely placed to counter the dogmatising tendencies of contemporary science and other ‘institutions of the real’.
Full Text 
Sign-in/Register to access full text options
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Published version (
Free)
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
