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The Ubiquitous Hierarchy: An Army to Overcome the Threat of a Mob

Olson, Hope A.

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Title
The Ubiquitous Hierarchy: An Army to Overcome the Threat of a Mob
Author(s)
Olson, Hope A.
Issue Date
2004
Keyword(s)
  • Philosophy of information
  • Library science --Philosophy
  • Information science --Philosophy
Abstract
This article explores the connections between Melvil Dewey and Hegelianism and Charles Cutter and the Scottish Common Sense philosophers. It traces the practice of hierarchy from these philosophical influences to Dewey and Cutter and their legacy to today’s Dewey Decimal Classification and Library of Congress Subject Headings. The ubiquity of hierarchy is linked to Dewey’s and Cutter’s metaphor of organizing the mob of information into an orderly army using the tool of logic.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1688
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Copyright owned by Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 2004.

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Library Trends 52 (3) Winter 2004: The Philosophy of Information PRIMARY
Library Trends 52 (3) Winter 2004: The Philosophy of Information. Edited by Ken Herold.