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Intellectual Activism in Knowledge Organization: A Hermeneutic Study of the Seven Epitomes

內容簡介

內容簡介 Chinese bibliography has a long history and tradition of its own, going back two millennia. It resembles critical bibliography, incorporates key features of today’s library cataloging and classification (a branch of enumerative bibliography), and shares significant common ground with intellectual history. This rich bibliographic tradition has not intersected with other traditions and is known only to scholars of Chinese bibliography, intellectual history, and classical studies. In the field of knowledge organization, it is a virtual unknown and, thus, presents excellent opportunities for research. Intellectual Activism in Knowledge Organization is an interdisciplinary analysis of the Chinese bibliographic tradition written for a wide audience. In particular, the study investigates the classification applied in the Seven Epitomes《七略》, the first library catalog on record in Chinese history, completed a few years before the Common Era. It is important to study this classification, which is said to have established the model for the entire Chinese bibliographic tradition, where classification has always been an integral part and the sole mechanism for organization. While influential, neither the classificatory principles nor the structure of the classification are well understood. In the book, Lee Hur-Li conducts a hermeneutic study of three main aspects of the classification: the classification’s epistemology, its overall classificatory mechanics, and its concept of author as an organizing element. Taking a socio-epistemological approach, the study applies an analytical framework to the examination of the classification in its proper social, cultural, historical, and technological contexts. Lee concludes by summarizing the major achievements of the classification and articulating implications of the findings for various disciplines.

作者介紹

作者介紹 ■作者簡介Lee Hur-LiLee Hur-Li is Associate Professor and a member of the Knowledge Organization Research Group in the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her major research interests include classification theory, social and cultural aspects of knowledge organization, and users’ interactions with knowledge structures in information systems. She was a Fulbright Scholar and the recipient of a Scholar Grant from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (U.S.).

產品目錄

產品目錄 Periodization of Chinese DynastiesEmperors of the Qin, Former Han, and Xin DynastiesConventions in Romanization and Chinese CharactersForeword／Richard P. SmiragliaPreface1. IntroductionA brief literary historyThe history of Chinese bibliographyKnowledge, knowledge organization, and social influencesA hermeneutic study2. BackgroundThe monumental collation projectSeparate Résumés, Seven Epitomes, and “Han Bibliographic Treatise”Polymaths Liu Xiang and Liu XinFraming the study3. The CompositionThe Collective EpitomeThe main classes and their divisionsIndividual entriesBibliographic purposes and objectives4. The Epistemic FoundationKnowledge and knowing according to Ru ClassicismKnowledge and knowing in the Seven EpitomesDebating the debatable5. The MechanicsDichotomies and categoriesRanked dichotomies and hierarchiesPrinciples and irregularities6. AuthorshipWhat is an author or a work?Author information in the Seven EpitomesPersonal names versus cultural iconsAuthor and the knowledge structure7. Conclusions: Achievements and InfluencesA groundbreaking tool for organizing a libraryA decisive force in scholarshipAn authoritative but controversial intellectual historyIntellectual activism in knowledge organizationInfluence in Chinese bibliographyThe future: Implications across disciplinesAppendix A: The Collective Epitome of the Seven EpitomesAppendix B: Chinese Names in Chinese Characters and pinyinBibliography中文參考書目Index

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