Henry Rousso starts from the observation of historian 's strong skepticism regarding psycbocuialysis. Howerer psychoanalysis is not limited to curing ; it is also a way to understand otherness. Being that, according to Michel de Certeau, psychoanalysis is closely connected to historical method. Henry Rousso identifies four different uses of psychoanalysis in the "historiographical process" : metabiographical, metaphorical, epistemological, and lastly an ethical use that leads the historian to question both himself and his relationship with his study object.Henry Rousso part du constat des fortes résistances des historiens à l'égard de la psychanalyse. Or, la psychanalyse ne se limite pas à la cure analytique, elle est aussi une roie d'appro...