An ongoing online project of Casey Smith's MA seminar, "The History of the Western Book," at the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington DC, focusing on information, discussion, and debate about the history (and future) of scripted forms, especially the printed forms of the past five hundred years commonly referred to as books.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Diderot's Panic
Information overload is not a new phenomenon. The origins and intent of Diderot and D'Alembert's famous Encylopedie are plainly described in Diderot's entry for, in essence and substance, itself. It's a longish article but worth both time and effort. From the University of Michigan: "Encyclopedie" in Encyclopedie
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