Document (#18052)

Author
Day, R.
Title
Paul Otlet's book and the writing of social space
Source
Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 48(1997) no.4, S.310-317
Year
1997
Abstract
A close reading of Otlet's notion of the book in his Traite de documentation, along with the general metaphysics in his Monde, reveals a concern with force and dynamics which undermine traditional notions of the book, and raise questions about accepted readings of Otlet which characterise his work as positivistic
Footnote
Contribution to part 1 of a 2 part series on the history of documentation and information science

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