The Post-Aristotelian Library and Exclusion

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Title: The Post-Aristotelian Library and Exclusion
Author: Bales, Stephen
Abstract: Aristotle’s scientific method shifted the purpose of library collections from a paradigm of cultural/political maintenance to one of theoretical knowledge creation. In spite of its modified role, the “post-Aristotelian library” ultimately served a conservative socio-political function as pre-Alexandrian information institutions. This study examines the intellectual basis of the academic library as a tool for control and argues that the post-Aristotelian library is a tool for entrenching hegemony.
Description: This paper presents elements of research from, and corrects errors to, the unpublished dissertation: Bales, Stephen. "Aristotle's Contribution to Scholarly Communication." University of Tennessee 2008.
Subject: Aristotle library history feminism philosophy stephen bales
URI: http://handle.tamu.edu/1969.1/88026
Date: 2009-09-23

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