The Institution in Action. The Place of Psychoanalysis in De Certeau’s Historical Writing

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https://doi.org/10.16921/chasqui.v1i160.5246

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This study examines the influence of psychoanalysis on De Certeau’s historical reflection, highlighting his rejection of a timeless unconscious in historical practice. Historical writing is conceived through the tension between structure and absence, normative law and singular act, institutional power and individual resistance. Within this framework, the analysis of the Schreber case serves as a privileged laboratory to explore the relationship between mystical resistance and institutional violence, showing how institution and act mutually constitute each other in a historical field marked by the impossible.

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2025-12-20

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BRANDODORO, N. (2025). The Institution in Action. The Place of Psychoanalysis in De Certeau’s Historical Writing. Chasqui. Revista Latinoamericana De Comunicación, 1(160), 81–96. https://doi.org/10.16921/chasqui.v1i160.5246

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No. 160 (2026): Centenario de Michel de Certeau: Reinventar lo cotidiano, narrar las resistencias y construir lo común desde Latinoamérica

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Chasqui 160. Centenario de Michel de Certeau: Reinventar lo cotidiano, narrar las resistencias y construir lo común desd

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