Aesthetics of Universal Knowledge
| Other author | Schaffer, Simon Editor |
| Other author | Tresch, John Editor |
| Other author | Gagliardi, Pasquale Editor |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Palgrave Macmillan Secaucus : Springer [Distributor] |
| Description | xxi, 271 p. ill 21.000 x 014.800 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Summary | Annotation Born out of a major international dialogue held at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy, this collection of essays presents innovative and provocative arguments about the claims of universal knowledge schemes and the different aesthetic and material forms in which such claims have been made and executed. Contributors take a close look at everything from religious pilgrimages, museums, and maps of the world, to search engines and automated GPS.Current obsessions in information technology, communications theory, and digital culture often concern the value and possibility of a grand accumulation of universally accessible forms of knowledge: total libraries, open data bases, ubiquitous computing, and 'smart' technologies. These obsessions have important social and philosophical origins, and they raise profound questions about the very nature of knowledge and its organization. This volume's contributors draw on the histories of maps and of encyclopedias, worldviews and visionary collections, to make sense of the crucial relation between the way the world is known and how it might be displayed and transformed. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9783319425948 |
| ISBN | 3319425943 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9783319425948 |
| Stock number | 9783319425948 00676990 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |