The Order of Things : An Archaeology of Human Sciences Export

@book{citeulike:197324, author = {Foucault, Michel O. U. C. A. U. L. T.}, citeulike-article-id = {197324}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike01-21&path=ASIN/0679753354}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike06-21&path=ASIN/0679753354}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.amazon.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679753354}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679753354/citeulike00-21}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/0679753354}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/0679753354}, citeulike-linkout-6 = {http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0679753354}, citeulike-linkout-7 = {http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=0679753354&index=books&linkCode=qs}, citeulike-linkout-8 = {http://www.librarything.com/isbn/0679753354}, comment = {Foucault begins this seminal work with a quote taken from Borges regarding ” a 'certain Chinese encyclopedia' in which it is written that 'animals are divided into: (a) belonging to the Emperor, (b) embalmed, (c) tame, (d) sucking pigs, (e) sirens, (f) fabulous, (g) stray dogs, (h) included in the present classification, (i) frenzied, (j) innumerable, (k) drawn with a very fine camelhair brush, (1) et cetera, (m) having just broken the water pitcher, (n) that from a long way off look like flies'. In the wonderment of this taxonomy, the thing we apprehend in one great leap, the thing that, by means of the fable, is demonstrated as the exotic charm of another system of thought, is the limitation of our own, the stark impossibility of thinking that” (xv). Not unlike Deleuze \& Guattari's rhizome (see Thousand Plateaus) this starkly different taxonomy (and the careful elucidation of orderings which Foucault details throughout the book) highlights the manner in which organization mirrors epistemic structures, or the shape of collective thinking. New media and hypertextual orderings fall both in and out of traditional systems –effacements typical of older systems are still quite common, such as the elision of race and gender in many collections addressing the subject –yet the means of co-authored organization (such as blogs, wiki-type websites) and projects which initiate radically different ordering processes (such as rhizome.org, e-dentidades) elucidate thinking and projects very much in line with the evocative passage outlined above. This site itself might be termed an attempt towards the dis-figuration, dis-ordering implicit in Foucault's critique in trying to put forth critical pieces that fall into the wrinkles of normative organization and not-always-critical writings about new media and cyberculture.}, day = {29}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {0679753354}, keywords = {archaeology, foucault, mary-weaver, orderings, philosophy, taxonomy}, month = {March}, posted-at = {2005-08-19 04:30:28}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Vintage}, title = {The Order of Things : An Archaeology of Human Sciences}, url = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/0679753354}, year = {1994} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:197324 L3 - citeulike-article-id:197324 SN - 0679753354 TI - The Order of Things : An Archaeology of Human Sciences PB - Vintage KW - archaeology KW - foucault KW - mary-weaver KW - orderings KW - philosophy KW - taxonomy N1 - Foucault begins this seminal work with a quote taken from Borges regarding “a ‘certain Chinese encyclopedia’ in which it is written that ‘animals are divided into: (a) belonging to the Emperor, (b) embalmed, (c) tame, (d) sucking pigs, (e) sirens, (f) fabulous, (g) stray dogs, (h) included in the present classification, (i) frenzied, (j) innumerable, (k) drawn with a very fine camelhair brush, (1) et cetera, (m) having just broken the water pitcher, (n) that from a long way off look like flies’. In the wonderment of this taxonomy, the thing we apprehend in one great leap, the thing that, by means of the fable, is demonstrated as the exotic charm of another system of thought, is the limitation of our own, the stark impossibility of thinking that” (xv). Not unlike Deleuze & Guattari’s rhizome (see Thousand Plateaus) this starkly different taxonomy (and the careful elucidation of orderings which Foucault details throughout the book) highlights the manner in which organization mirrors epistemic structures, or the shape of collective thinking. New media and hypertextual orderings fall both in and out of traditional systems –effacements typical of older systems are still quite common, such as the elision of race and gender in many collections addressing the subject –yet the means of co-authored organization (such as blogs, wiki-type websites) and projects which initiate radically different ordering processes (such as rhizome.org, e-dentidades) elucidate thinking and projects very much in line with the evocative passage outlined above. This site itself might be termed an attempt towards the dis-figuration, dis-ordering implicit in Foucault’s critique in trying to put forth critical pieces that fall into the wrinkles of normative organization and not-always-critical writings about new media and cyberculture. AU - Foucault, Michel PY - 1994/03/29/ UR - http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike01-21&path=ASIN/0679753354 ER -