General Information

Author/Creator

Day, Ronald E., 1959- author.

Language

English.

Published

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, 2019.

Physical Description

x, 184 pages ; 24 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

A historical-conceptual account of the different genres, technologies, modes of inscription, and innate powers of expression by which something becomes evident.

Subjects

Subject

Documentation.

Evidence.

Ontology.

Literature > Philosophy.

Information technology > Philosophy.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Ronald E. Day.

Series

History and foundations of information science

Content

The philosophical perspective -- Documentarity in the works of Paul Otlet and Georges Bataille: two competing notions of documentarity -- Figuring documentarity -- Documentarity and the modern category of literature -- Displaced reference for information: jokes, trauma, and fables -- Rights of expression -- Post-documentation technologies.

ISBN

9780262043205

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	121/.65 DAY		Reference	-

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