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Author Day, Ronald E., 1959-

Title The modern invention of information : discourse, history, and power / Ronald E. Day.

Publication Info. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2001]
©2001

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Description 1 online resource (x, 139 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-134) and index.
Contents 1. Introduction: Remembering "Information" -- 2. European Documentation: Paul Otlet and Suzanne Briet -- 3. Information Theory, Cybernetics, and the Discourse of "Man" -- 4. Pierre Levy and the "Virtual" -- 5. Heidegger and Benjamin: The Metaphysics and Fetish of Information -- 6. Conclusion: "Information" and the Role of Critical Theory.
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Summary "Examining texts from different information ages in Europe and the United States, Ronald E. Day argues that the history of information culture in the twentieth century ideologically shapes the very form for history and historicity in modernity." "After laying the groundwork and justifying his method of close reading for this study, Day examines the texts of two pre-World War II documentalists, Paul Otlet and Suzanne Briet. Through the work of Otlet and Briet, Day shows how documentation and information were associated with notions of cultural progress. Both writers understood documentation to reflect historical progress as well as to rationally create social order and community."--Jacket.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Subject Information society -- History.
Information society.
History.
Information theory -- History.
Information theory.
Information theory in literature.
Information theory in literature.
Information science -- Philosophy -- History.
Information science -- Philosophy.
Information science.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Other Form: Print version: Day, Ronald E., 1959- Modern invention of information. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2001 0809323907 (DLC) 00047033 (OCoLC)45136686
ISBN 0585457506 (electronic book)
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0809323907 (alkaline paper)
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