Flaubert, Foucault, and the Bibliotheque Fantastique: Toward a Postmodern Epistemology for Library Science.

Radford, Gary P.

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Publication Date: 1998

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Flaubert, Foucault, and the Bibliotheque Fantastique: Toward a Postmodern Epistemology for Library Science.

Radford, Gary P.

Library Trends, v46 n4 p616-34 Spr 1998

Addresses the issue of epistemology and library and information science by considering Michel Foucault's essay "La Bibliotheque Fantastique" which is a work of literary criticism rather than a scientific analysis. Highlights include implications of the positivist perspective for conceptualizing the modern library experience; and an alternative postmodern epistemology. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Epistemology, Library Science, Literary Criticism, Postmodernism

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Language: English

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