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De Certeau makes a distinction between the concepts strategies and [[tactics]].
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In his book (1984) Michel de Certeau defines strategies as follows: '''I call a strategy the calculus of force-relationships which becomes when a subject of will and power can be isolated from an 'environment'. ''''  
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In his book (1984) Michel de Certeau defines strategies as follows: ''I call a strategy the calculus of force-relationships which becomes when a subject of will and power can be isolated from an 'environment'''.
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Revision as of 09:18, 20 October 2011

The term strategy plays an important role in Michel de Certeaus book The Practice of Everyday Life. De Certeau makes a distinction between the concepts strategies and tactics.

In his book (1984) Michel de Certeau defines strategies as follows: I call a strategy the calculus of force-relationships which becomes when a subject of will and power can be isolated from an 'environment'.


References:

Dreyfus, H.L., Rabinow, P., Michel Foucault: Beyond Structuralism and Hermeneutics ( The University of Chicago Press, 1983)


Published by Meryl Burger (s0801704)

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