Neo-Documentation and the End of Information
A Copernican Revolution
$109.51
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2026
Summary
A philosophical critique of information as relational, evidential, and transformative, grounded in neo-documentation, Heidegger, and Latour.
Ronald Day’s Neo-Documentation and the End of Information critiques the modern conception of information as representational “content.” The author proposes a radical reorientation—what he calls a “Copernican Revolution”—in how documents and information are understood. Drawing on neo-documentation theory, Heideggerian phenomenology, and B…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262054713 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 026205471X |
| Author: | Ronald E. Day |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | History and Foundations of Information Science |
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Ronald E. Day
Ronald E. Day is Professor of Information and Library Science at Indiana University at Bloomington. He is the author of The Modern Invention of Information, Indexing it All, Documentarity, and Ronald E. Day: Foundational Writings.
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