eflections on Michel de Certeau´s "Une Politique de la Langue"

• Main Author: Juan D. González-Sanz
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2015-12-01
• Series: Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía
• Subjects: Creencias; instituciones; lenguaje; Michel de Certeau; política.
• Online Access: http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ASHF/article/view/49977

This paper aims to show the reflections of the French philosopher Michel de Certeau (1925-1986), on the process of emergence of social institutions. These have been analyzed, in the framework of Certeau´s anthropology of belief, through his <em>Une politique de la langue</em>, which is about the project of the Abbé Gregoire to impose the French against to <em>patois </em>in the late eighteenth century. After this analysis, its possible to conclude that institutions are founded following a three-step process: a clear definition of the basic beliefs of the institution (developing a corporate speech); expelling the principles of the competence (override of foreign speech); and fight against the resistance of ancient beliefs (use of power).