The Practice of Everyday Life National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2002) She encounters a strange and

She encounters a strange and often hostile environment with curiosity

Expelled from four junior colleges (he was labelled ‘subnormal’ and not academically inclined)

riotous must-read of a book

This book is an essential tool for anyone involved in the fields of graphic and industrial design

and sometimes I can’t change a habit

The Practice of Everyday Life National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2002) She encounters a strange andMichel de Certeau considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. In exploring the public meaning of ingeniously defended private meanings, de Certeau draws brilliantly on an immense theoretical literature in analytic philosophy,